Shows postgraduate and senior undergraduate students in computer science and computer engineering, as well as IT professionals, how programming will be changed by the concepts of parallel systems; how these concepts relate to the ideas of functions and objects; and what kind of programming can be done on these systems. Requires knowledge of operation system principles and experience programming a high-level language such as C++ or Pascal. Lacks an index. Co-published with Singapore U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)