Implementing “The MATRIX”

Abstract

In this technical note we shall be considering how the asynchronous constructs of the Hoopla language can be combined with concurrency constructs of parallel languages to implement a framework which allows programmers to write programs which interact with one another in a non-deterministic way. This model draws inspiration from a recently released film, The Matrix Reloaded which proposes a fiction scenario where different programs are represented by real-life characters. We shall consider how the proposed model can be used to implement a fiction game based on The Matrix or used in a wider context to implement various asynchronous activities typically occurring on a distributed environment such as the web.