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Object structure in the Emerald system

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Norman Hutchinson,

Henry LevyAuthors Info & Claims

OOPSLA '86: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications

Pages 78 - 86

https://doi.org/10.1145/28697.28706

Published: 01 June 1986 Publication History

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Emerald is an object-based language for the construction of distributed applications. The principal features of Emerald include a uniform object model appropriate for programming both private local objects and shared remote objects, and a type system that permits multiple user-defined and compiler-defined implementations. Emerald objects are fully mobile and can move from node to node within the network, even during an invocation. This paper discusses the structure, programming, and implementation of Emerald objects, and Emerald's use of abstract types.

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OOPSLA '86: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications

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DOI:10.1145/28697

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 21, Issue 11
Proceedings of the 1986 conference on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applications
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DOI:10.1145/960112
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