Scrabble-a distributed application with an emphasis on continuity

Although a great deal of research has been carried out in the field of distributed applications. The authors present an account of one attempt to explore some of the problems which arise in actually implementing a substantial distributed application; in this case the board game Scrabble. Particular emphasis is placed on continuity, i.e. the ability of the application to continue executing despite partial failure. The main conclusion from this experience is that much better support should be provided at both the operating system and programming environment level to handle the development and debugging of reliable distributed applications. A number of suggestions are made as to how this can be achieved