{"id":398957,"date":"2017-07-11T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T19:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=398957"},"modified":"2018-10-16T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T03:02:41","slug":"architecture-agora-environment","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/architecture-agora-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Architecture of the Agora Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-area\" class=\"pgBorder\">\n<div id=\"centerPane\" class=\"column\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div id=\"centerContent\" class=\"centerContent\">\n<div id=\"centerInner\" class=\"centerInner svBigBox\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"frag_2\" class=\"page_fragment\" data-fid=\"2\">\n<div class=\"abstract svAbstract\" data-etype=\"ab\">\n<p id=\"para2\" class=\"svArticle section clear\"><strong class=\"boldFont\">Agora<\/strong> is an environment that supports the construction of large, evolutionary programs that manipulate complex data structures, e.g., problem solving systems. <strong class=\"boldFont\">Agora<\/strong> can be customized to support the computational model that is most suitable for a given application. <strong class=\"boldFont\">Agora<\/strong> has been designed explicitly to support multiple languages and highly parallel computations by means of memory caching and pattern directed invocation. Systems built with <strong class=\"boldFont\">Agora<\/strong> can be executed on a variety of general purpose multiprocessor architectures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agora is an environment that supports the construction of large, evolutionary programs that manipulate complex data structures, e.g., problem solving systems. Agora can be customized to support the computational model that is most suitable for a given application. 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