Lea, Rodger and Walpole, Jonathan (1990) Supporting object interaction in heterogeneous distributed systems. Computer Communications, 13 (6). pp. 365-373. ISSN 0140-3664
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Despite the inherent suitability of object-oriented languages for use in distributed systems, projects which have addressed this topic have encountered considerable difficulties. As a result, proposed solutions are generally limited to environments which are homogeneous in terms of system software, hardware and the object models they support. The paper studies current approaches to distributing object-oriented languages and argues that mechanisms for supporting distribution should be provided, not at the language level, but by the underlying system. Implementation of the Aide system is then detailed; this system provides such support separately from the operating system kernel, on an intelligent coprocessor. It is argued that this approach is necessary for efficient implementation in heterogeneous distributed systems.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Computer Communications |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | distributed systems ; object-oriented languages ; interobject communication |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications |
| ID Code: | 57491 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2012 13:01 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2012 13:01 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/57491 |
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