Title :
AmbientTalk: Language Support for Mobile Computing
Author :
Dedecker, Jessie ; Cutsem, T.V. ; Mostinckx, Stijn ; De Meuter, Wolfgang ; D´Hondt, Theo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Abstract :
An important aspect of system support for mobile computing involves alleviating the issues related to programming the underlying distributed system. Our approach to dealing with these issues is by means of programming language support. To this end, we have designed a high-level, distributed object-oriented programming language - called AmbientTalk - which has been designed specifically for mobile networks. We motivate the need for such dedicated language support based on the fundamental characteristics of mobile distributed systems. Subsequently, we describe the salient features of AmbientTalk with respect to distributed programming by means of an exemplar mobile computing application
Keywords :
distributed programming; mobile computing; object-oriented languages; AmbientTalk; ambient-oriented programming; distributed object-oriented programming language; distributed programming; event-driven programming; high-level language; mobile computing; mobile distributed system; mobile network; programming language support; ubiquitous computing; Application software; Automotive materials; Computer applications; Computer languages; Distributed computing; Hardware; Mobile computing; Pervasive computing; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless communication; ambient-oriented programming; distributed programming languages; event-driven programming; mobile computing; ubiquitous computing;
Conference_Titel :
Future Mobile Computing Applications, 2006. FUMCA '06. International Workshop on System Support for
Conference_Location :
Orange County, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2729-9
DOI :
10.1109/FUMCA.2006.1
