Persistent Object Systems : Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop o...

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Number of Pages: Xi, 546 Pages ISBN: 9783540199120 Publication Year: 1995 Item Length: 9.3 in Item Width: 6.1 in Format: Trade Paperback Book Title: Persistent Object Systems : Proceedings of the Sixth Internationa Item Weight: 30.1 Oz Publisher: Springer London, The Limited Subject: Software Development & Engineering / General, Programming / Object Oriented, Databases / General, Compilers Language: English width: 6.1 in Author: David Maier Series: Workshops in Computing Ser. Subject Area: Computers Type: Textbook Publication Name: Persistent Object Systems : Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems, Tarascon, Provence, France, 5-9 September 1994

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Persistent Object Systems : Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop o.... The attractive context and autumn warmth greeted the 53 participants from 12 countries spread over five continents. Persistent object systems continue to grow in importance. Almost all significant uses of computers to support human endeavours depend on long-lived and large-scale systems. Persistent Object Systems : Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems, Tarascon, Provence, France, 5-9 September 1, Paperback by International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems 1994 Tarascon bou; Maier, David; Benzaken, Veronique; Atkinson, Malcolm; British Computer Society (COR), ISBN 3540199128, ISBN-13 9783540199120, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Sixth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems was held at Les Mazets des Roches near Tarascon, Provence in southern France from the fifth to the ninth of September 1994. The attractive context and autumn warmth greeted the 53 participants from 12 countries spread over five continents. Persistent object systems continue to grow in importance. Almost all significant uses of computers to support human endeavours depend on long-lived and large-scale systems. As expectations and ambitions rise so the sophistication of the systems we attempt to build also rises. The quality and integrity of the systems and their feasibility for supporting large groups of co-operating people depends on their technical founda tion. Persistent object systems are being developed which provide a more robust and yet simpler foundation for these persistent applications. The workshop followed the tradition of the previous workshops in the series, focusing on the design, implementation and use of persistent object systems in particular and persistent systems in general. There were clear signs that this line of research is maturing, as engineering issues were discussed with the aid of evidence from operational systems. The work presented covered the complete range of database facilities: transactions, concurrency, distribution, integrity and schema modifica tion. There were examples of very large scale use, one involving tens of terabytes of data. Language issues, particularly the provision of reflection, continued to be important.