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E (programming language)
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<p>E is an <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming</a> language for <a href="/facts/Computer_security/7E5dIy7G">secure</a> <a href="/facts/Distributed_computing/o5nyhqTF">distributed computing</a>, created by <a href="/facts/Mark_S._Miller/xDlxy48E">Mark S. Miller</a>, <a href="/facts/Dan_Bornstein/n7tnxaPt">Dan Bornstein</a>, <a href="/facts/Douglas_Crockford/wIFvJkte">Douglas Crockford</a>, <a href="/facts/Chip_Morningstar/PhPqp17Q">Chip Morningstar</a> and others at Electric Communities in 1997. E is mainly descended from the concurrent language <a href="/facts/Joule_/ffS4eTAd">Joule</a> and from Original-E, a set of extensions to Java for secure distributed programming. E combines <a href="/facts/Message_(computer_science)/RYf3hD3J">message</a>-based computation with <a href="/facts/Java_/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>-like syntax. A <a href="/facts/Concurrent_programming/yVzQBPr9">concurrency</a> model based on <a href="/facts/Event-driven_programming/QlGL2Fu6">event loops</a> and <a href="/facts/Promise_(programming)/5Mpgxv4m">promises</a> ensures that <a href="/facts/Deadlock_(computer_science)/YDpdfnPP">deadlock</a> can never occur. </p>