FLAME: a language for distributed programming

Author

De Paoli, Flavio ; Jazayeri, Mehdi

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Lab., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

12-15 Mar 1990

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

78

Abstract

FLAME is an experimental language for distributed programming. It is intended for applications that run on a collection of computers connected by a network. It is part of a project that deals with the building of open software systems. Open systems place stringent requirements on both the type of language one uses and the style of programming. FLAME tries to address the difficulties of writing such open, distributed applications with current technology. FLAME is based on C++, and its main contribution is to integrate the notions of objects and process groups at the programming language level. The result is a powerful language which, nevertheless, raises several new questions. The current state of FLAME is discussed, and potential areas for future development are outlined

Keywords

distributed processing; high level languages; C++; FLAME; distributed programming; language; open software systems; Application software; Computer languages; Computer networks; Fires; Laboratories; Open systems; Operating systems; Packaging; Software systems; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Languages, 1990., International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2036-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCL.1990.63762

Filename

63762