For a compiler writer, generating good machine code for a variety of platforms is hard work. One might try to reuse a retargetable code generator, but code generators are complex a...
Representing interdependencies between the objects of an object-oriented software application requires designtime mechanisms for specifying object interrelationships, as well as s...
Donald M. Needham, Steven A. Demurjian, Thomas J. ...
This paper presents a new algorithm for distributed garbage collection and outlines its implementation within the Network Objects system. The algorithm is based on a reference list...
One model of multithreading gaining popularity on multiprocessor systems is the message-driven model of computation. The message-driven model is a reactive model in which an arriv...
PROPAGATOR is a family of patterns for consistently updating objects in a dependency network. The propagator patterns are found in such diverse applications as MAKE, WWW, spreadsh...