Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

MultiLisp
     
         A {parallel} extension of {Scheme} with explicit
        {concurrency}.  The form (future X) immediately returns a
        "{future}", and creates a {task} to evaluate X.  When the
        evaluation is complete, the future is resolved to be the
        value.
     
        ["MultiLisp: A Language for Concurrent Symbolic Computation",
        R. Halstead, TOPLAS pp.501-538 (Oct 1985)].
     
        [Did MultiLisp use {PVM} as its intermediate language?]
     
        (1998-02-10)