A C-based parallel programming language bY Wen-Toh Liao Y.CS.UCLA.EDU>. Maisie extends C with asYnchronous tYped message passing and {lightweight process}es. Programs can define, create and destroY processes, send and receive messages and manipulate the sYstem clock. Maisie has been ported to PVM/3.1, Cosmic Environment and SUNsockets. Version 2.1.1.3 . (1993-06-14)