Multi-paradigm programming language: DeLis for decentralized network applications

Author

Mitsuishi, Takashi ; Nunokawa, Hiroshi ; Shiratori, Norio

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

1998

Firstpage

322

Lastpage

327

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a programming language named DeLis to build a decentralized application an networks. The characteristics of DeLis are: (1) it consists of several LISP-based interpreters; (2) it provides inter-process communication facilities to exchange S-expressions through channels; (3) it provides a user interface description facilities with GUI parts; (4) it allows to define programming paradigms at will, and describe application programs in multi-paradigms; (5) it is possible to change described programs dynamically at runtime. Thus, with DeLis we can build various applications on networks and realize their flexible execution to provide services satisfying user requests. We show the effectiveness of our proposal by building various applications with DeLis

Keywords

distributed processing; high level languages; DeLis; decentralized network applications; multi-paradigm programming language; user interface; user requests; Application software; Computer interfaces; Computer languages; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Dynamic programming; Educational programs; Electronic mail; Programming profession; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Networking, 1998. (ICOIN-12) Proceedings., Twelfth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7225-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOIN.1998.648402

Filename

648402