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A new operating system kernel is being developed based on the Active Oberon language. The kernel is an evolution of the Oberon system and inherits several concepts from it. It is intended to be more generally applicable than Oberon, also in server systems and dedicated systems. The design is based on active objects, which are used to structure concurrent kernel services in an object-oriented way. Applications running on the kernel are also based on active objects. The first application is a version of the Native Oberon operating system that runs as an active object. The kernel is designed for uniprocessors and multiprocessors and it is being implemented for Intel x86-architecture multiprocessor machines.
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Muller, P. (2000). A Multiprocessor Kernel for Active Object-Based Systems. In: Weck, W., Gutknecht, J. (eds) Modular Programming Languages. JMLC 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1897. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722581_21
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