An Analysis of Stream processing Languages

Stream processing languages and stream processing engines have become more popular as they emerged from several modern data stream intensive applications such as sensor monitoring, stock markets and network monitoring. This study discusses the characteristics and features of the stream processing technology to provide an in-depth high-level guidance and comparison for stream processing systems and its underlying languages and technology with respect to the characteristics and features used by certain applications. The overall aim of this paper is to analyze and to identify the desired features of stream processing languages and to evaluate a few representative stream processing systems and languages on the basis of those desired features. The analysis could help in the identification of a suitable stream processing technology for particular applications as well as aiding the design and development of such languages for new, emerging applications