Potential use of the object paradigm for software engineering environments in the 1990s

Identifies the confluence of several new technologies that will allow major improvements in the software development process. Future research in this area will encompass advances in database technology, programming languages, expert systems, and distributed workstations. Researchers are working on a new data model that will combine object-oriented language features, database features, inferencing, and distribution. This will allow new software environments that are even more efficient because of the seamless integration of these technologies. This will expedite future software prototyping, production, and maintenance