P.-Y. Chevalier
ABSTRACT
This position paper supports the view that a model based on shared objects is an attractive alternative to message passing for structuring distributed applications and that a distributed operating system should provide support for shared persistent objects. The paper reviews several recently proposed solutions, including our own, and outlines some current problems.
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