Glish

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Glish
       
          Glish is an interpretive language for building loosely-coupled
          distributed systems from modular, event-oriented programs.
          Written by Vern Paxson .  These programs are
          written in conventional languages such as C, C++, or Fortran.


       
          Glish scripts can create local and remote processes and
          control their communication.  Glish also provides a full,
          array-oriented programming language (similar to {S}) for
          manipulating binary data sent between the processes.  In
          general Glish uses a centralised communication model where
          interprocess communication passes through the Glish
          {interpreter}, allowing dynamic modification and rerouting of
          data values, but Glish also supports point-to-point links
          between processes when necessary for high performance.
       
          Version 2.4.1 includes an {interpreter}, {C++} {class} library
          and user manual.  It requires C++ and there are ports to
          {SunOS}, {Ultrix}, an {HP/UX} (rusty).
       
          {(ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/glish/glish-2.4.1.tar.Z)}.
       
          ["Glish: A User-Level Software Bus for Loosely-Coupled
          Distributed Systems," Vern Paxson and Chris Saltmarsh,
          Proceedings of the 1993 Winter USENIX Conference, San Diego,
          CA, January, 1993].
       
          (1993-11-01)