occam (was Re: The Fundamental Concept of Programming language X)

[Roger Shepherd]

In article <1470 at inmos.co.uk (Bill Smith) writes:
>
>The idea is "fundamental concept."  The fundamental concept of
>a language is the data structure, control structure or style issue
>that distinguishes the language and must be understood in detail before 
>proficient use of the programming language can begin.
>

I would like to add 

	Language	Concept

	occam		concurrency and communciation
	occam 2         occam + (concrete) data types




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