The concurrency features strike me as being influenced strongly by Hoare's CSP[1]. The flowchart like interface seems akin to Harel's reactive diagramming forma

The concurrency features strike me as being influenced strongly by Hoare's CSP[1]. The flowchart like interface seems akin to Harel's reactive diagramming formalisms[2]. [1] http://www.usingcsp.com/ http://www.usingcsp.com/ [2] http://www.scribd.com/doc/167971960/Modeling-Reactive-Systems-With-Statecharts http://www.scribd.com/doc/167971960/Modeling-Reactive-System...