From 191946d9c340832ab651aad269abb11a57a601f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tony Garnock-Jones Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 12:44:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README.md --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c64f13b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# novy-syndicate + +A follow-on from Syndicate-2017, incorporating object-capability-based +securability and other ideas from E. + +You can view this as Syndicate plus locations and capabilities, or as +E plus Syndicate-style shared state and fault-tolerance. + +The capabilities offer *securability* of Syndicate-style +point-to-point and multiparty communications, a necessary precondition +for wider use of Syndicate-like ideas. + +The locations offer abstraction over *distribution* of Syndicate +systems, a necessary precondition for modular reasoning about and +reuse of Syndicate subsystems.