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Arjuna is an object-oriented programming system implemented in C++ that provides a set of tools for the construction of fault-tolerant distributed applications. This paper reports on the experience gained by building and using the system. It then describes how in light of this experience, a new version of the system is being designed.
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Shrivastava, S.K. (1995). Lessons learned from building and using the Arjuna distributed programming system. In: Birman, K.P., Mattern, F., Schiper, A. (eds) Theory and Practice in Distributed Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 938. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60042-6_2
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