P Programming Language: Formal Modeling for Distributed Systems
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Davidbrcz
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
P is a state machine-based programming language designed for formally modeling and analyzing distributed systems. It enables developers to model system designs as communicating state machines, which is particularly suitable for microservices and service-oriented architectures. The language provides automated reasoning backends to verify that systems meet correctness specifications, and it's used by teams at AWS for building flagship products including storage systems.
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P allows programmers to model their system design as a collection of communicating state machines and provides automated reasoning backends to check that the system satisfies the desired correctness specifications.
P enables developers to model system designs as communicating state machines—a natural fit for microservices and service-oriented architectures.
Teams across AWS building flagship products—from storage
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