An object-oriented operating system interface

Authors:
Juanita J. Ewing
Affiliations:
Tektronix, Inc.
Venue:
OOPLSA '86 Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
Year:
1986

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Abstract

This paper discusses an object-oriented interface from the Smalltalk-80™ programming environment to a Unix-like operating system. This interface imposes an object-oriented paradigm on operating system facilities. We discuss some of the higher order abstractions that were created to make use of these facilities, and discuss difficulties we encountered implementing this interface. Several examples of cooperating Smalltalk and operating system processes are presented.