Inside COM
A state-of-the-art distributed system: computing with BOB
Distributed systems (2nd Ed.)
Java Virtual Machine Specification
Java Virtual Machine Specification
The Java Language Specification
The Java Language Specification
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Object-oriented programming techniques have been used with great success for some time. But the techniques of object-oriented programming have been largely confined to the single address space, and have not been applicable to distributed systems. Recent advances in language technology have allowed a change in the way distributed systems are constructed that does allow real object-oriented programming on the network. But these advances also change some of our most basic conceptions about the relationship between processor and code, and what it is that constitutes a computer. We will argue that a new computing architecture, based around the ideas of the network and full object-orientation, will soon become the dominant computing architecture, allowing us to tie together large numbers of devices but requiring that we think and design in entirely new ways.