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Copyright (C) Sarah Mount, 2009 under the GNU GPL v2. See the file LICENSE formore details.

python-csp can be installed using PIP (PIP Installs Python):

$ sudo pip install python-csp

or from a source distribution using setup.py:

$ sudo python setup.py install

python-csp adds C.A.R. (Tony) Hoare's Communicating Sequential Processes toPython. A brief example:

>>>@process...defwriter(channel,n):...foriinxrange(n):...channel.write(i)...channel.poison()...return...>>>@process...defreader(channel):...whileTrue:...printchannel.read()...>>>chan=Channel()>>>Par(reader(chan),writer(chan,5)).start()01234>>>

There are several sources of documentation for python-csp:

• If you are running the python-csp shell, type "info csp" to list available in-shell help.

• A user guide exists in thetutorial/ directory of the source.

• examples/ contains some larger example programs.

S. Mount, M. Hammoudeh, S. Wilson, R. Newman (2009) CSP as a Domain-SpecificLanguage Embedded in Python and Jython. In Proceedings of Communicating ProcessArchitectures 2009. Eindoven, Netherlands. 1st -- 4th November 2009. PublishedIOS Press.