On object orientation as a paradigm for general purpose distributed operating systems.

Abstract

In the Amadeus project we have been considering the construction of a general purpose distributed support environment for object oriented programming. In this paper we tackle a number of key areas whose interaction must be addressed in the design of such a general purpose object support system: 1) integration of support for (object oriented) database systems; 2) integration of security mechanisms suitable for objects; and 3) operating system support to allow object oriented applications exploit the inherent parallelism of the underlying distributed environment.