Object structure in the Emerald system
OOPLSA '86 Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
Object-oriented programming in Smalltalk and ADA
OOPSLA '87 Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
Ada for distributed systems—a library of virtual nodes
Proceedings of the Ada-Europe International Conference on Ada-components: libraries and tools
Communication between Ada programs in DIADEM
IRTAW '88 Proceedings of the second international workshop on Real-time Ada issues
Ada packages and distributed systems
ACM SIGPLAN Notices
DRAGOON: a tool for the Ada programmer
TRI-Ada '91 Proceedings of the conference on TRI-Ada '91: today's accomplishments; tomorrow's expectations
Ada in distributed systems: an overview
ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
Implementing a distributed fault-tolerant embedded system in Ada
TRI-Ada '90 Proceedings of the conference on TRI-ADA '90
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It is considered that a language supporting the construction of distributed systems must possess some structuring feature enabling the construction of components suitable to serve as units of network allocation and system reconfiguration. In some earlier studies of the distribution of Ada such units have been referred to as virtual nodes. [Hutcheon and Wellings 1988, Atkinson et al 1988].This paper discusses whether objects in the sense of object oriented systems are suitable to serve as virtual nodes (VNs). It then considers whether the introduction of package types could provide the kind of class object which is found in object oriented languages.In a system for the support of distribution there must also be support for network communications. The paper discusses briefly how network communication between objects can be provided.