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The Computer Journal 1994 37(5):407-421; doi:10.1093/comjnl/37.5.407
© 1994 by British Computer Society
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DROL: A Distributed and Real-time Object-oriented Logic Environment

M. Díaz *, E. Pimentel * and J. M. Troya *

Dpto de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computacion, Universidad de Malaga, Pza El Ejido, s/n 29013 Malaga, Spain

The high complexity of distributed computer systems requires new methodologies and languages especially designed for the characteristics of these systems. Declarative languages have been proposed as a promising alternative because they provide a way of leaving aside system details. However, the behaviour of reactive systems cannot be described in pure relational or functional terms. We propose a declarative environment for distributed programming based on the concurrent logic language Parlog, which has the capability of expressing concurrence, communication and non-determinism in a very natural way. That is, the intrinsic parallel semantics of the concurrent logic languages make them appropriate for distributed programming. The proposed environment is particularly suitable for loosely coupled systems and it contains mechanisms for distributed process control, and both real-time and object-oriented design. Each of these characteristics is achieved by the integration, in the framework of the underlying concurrent logic language, of real-time and distributed processing control primitives and object-oriented constructions. From this viewpoint, an operational semantics is defined and some implementation issues are discussed.

Received March 1993. revised February 1994.

* Dpto de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Málaga, Pza El Ejido, s/n 29013 Malaga, Spain


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