Gearing up for the virtual computer

Author

Tucker, Allen B.

Author_Institution

Bowdoin Coll., Brunswick, ME, USA

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

1998

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The ultimate virtual computer will not model a Turing machine or even one of today´s desktop computers. This computer will model complex systems that interact with people and respond to outside events continuously over time. This computational model will have a highly parallel/asynchronous architecture. Its components will interact through a future incarnation of the Internet. The paper discusses the Legion project that aims to realise the interactive/multiprocess model by meeting several design objectives. It considers how Java has all the potential programmers need to design complex systems that reflect the interactive/multiprocess model

Keywords

Internet; object-oriented languages; object-oriented programming; parallel architectures; parallel machines; virtual machines; Internet; Java; Legion project; asynchronous architecture; complex systems; computational model; desktop computers; interactive multiprocess model; object oriented programming; parallel architecture; virtual computer; Computer applications; Computer science; Computer vision; Distributed computing; Electronic commerce; Internet; Java; Power engineering and energy; Software libraries; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Potentials, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-6648

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/45.666636

Filename

666636