massive

adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";

"Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic

proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental

scale" [syn: {monolithic}, {monumental}]

2: being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"

3: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive

retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices";

"massive changes"

4: consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of

matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial

planets"

Maisie

A {C}-based parallel programming language by Wen-Toh Liao

. Maisie extends C with

{asynchronous} typed {message passing} and {lightweight

process}es. Programs can define, create and destroy

processes, send and receive messages and manipulate the system

clock.

Maisie has been ported to {PVM}/3.1, {Cosmic} Environment and

{SUN} {socket}s.

{Version 2.1.1.3 (ftp://cs.ucla.edu/pub/maisie.2.1.1.3.tar.Z)}

(1993-06-14)