The Conic environment provides a language-based approach to the building of distributed
systems which combines the simplicity and safety of a language approach with the flexibility …

The underlying model of distributed systems is that of loosely coupled components running
in parallel and communicating by message passing. Description, construction and evolution …

Dynamic system configuration is the ability to modify and extend a system while it is running.
The facility is a requirement in large distributed systems where it may not be possible or …

A brief description is given of the author's use of configuration programming in the conic
environment, and an assessment is made of the benefits of such an approach. Based on this …

The Eden project is a five year experiment in designing, building, and using an" integrated
distributed" computing system. We are attempting to combine the benefits of integration and …

Distributed programming is characterized by high communications costs and the inability to
use shared variables and procedures for interprocessor synchronization and …

The authors discuss a paradigm for structuring distributed operating systems, the potential
and implications this paradigm has for users, and research directions for the future. They …

The Actor model programming language concept, which provides basic building blocks for a
wide variety of computational structures, is reviewed. The Actor model unifies objects and …

I/O abstraction is offered as a new high-level approach to interprocess communication.
Functional components of a distributed system are written as encapsulated modules that act …

The Eden distributed system has been running at the University of Washington for over two
years. Most of the principles and implementation ideas of Eden have been adequately …