Translation and execution of distributed Ada programs: Is it still Ada?

Author

Volz, Richard A. ; Mudge, Trevor N. ; Buzzard, Gregory D. ; Krishnan, Padmanabhan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

15

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

292

Abstract

Some of the fundamental issues and tradeoffs involved in the translation and execution of programs written in the Ada language and intended for distributed execution are examined. The memory access architecture, binding time and degree of system homogeneity are the three basic characteristics in terms of which target systems can be described. Library subprograms and library packages are identified as natural distributable units of the language. The program-to-process/memory mapping and the unit of the language to be distributed are the key issues in the distribution of Ada. The implications of various alternatives for these are analyzed

Keywords

Ada; distributed processing; program interpreters; programming; binding time; distributed Ada programs; distributed execution; library packages; memory access architecture; system homogeneity; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Computer science; Libraries; Memory architecture; NASA; Packaging; Parallel programming; Real time systems; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.21756

Filename

21756