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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: Making one or more threads wait for another to produce a value or fail
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In message <LIudnSEjsK5AKHjQnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@posted.palinacquisition>, Peter 
Duniho wrote:

> The concurrency stuff in particular seems a bit haphazard to me in terms
> of what features it provides, but then I've found that to be true in any
> other concurrency API I've used ...

How about Ada? (Considered robust and trustworthy enough to implement the 
life-support system on the International Space Station.)

Or, going further back, Occam (based on Hoare’s CSP)?