Re: Distributed Runtimes

David,

Thanks for the formal references. I'll read them and then reply.

--- In eiffel_software%40yahoogroups.com">eiffel_softwareyahoogroups.com, "David Broadfoot&quot; <david...>
wrote:
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> > > Do you mean Corba or similar technologies?
> >
> > CORBA typically sits atop a TCP/IP stack and allows proxy-fied object
&gt; > stubs on remote machines. That is different from actually moving an
> > executing object to another place.
&gt;
> What you want is known as "Remote Programming" or "Mobile Agents&quot;.
>
> Here is a simple introduction and definition:
> http://www.klynch.com/documents/agents/index.html
>
>
> > I can't think of any that allow moving executing objects from one
thread
> > or process to another.
>
> Several examples are listed in this introduction:
>
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~scv/thesis.html#3.%20Languages%20Used%20to%20Write%2
&gt; 0Mobile%20Agents
&gt;
> David
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