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This paper reports on the experiences we gained while trying to build an interpreter for a new programming language aimed at developing strong mobile software. The interpreter is actually a distributed virtual machine that can be used in a peer-to-peer setting on a heterogeneous platform. In our quest for an experimental implementation, simplicity and portability led us to using a combination of Java and SOAP technologies. The paper reports on the problems we encountered in this experiment and shows that SOAP is inadequate in peer-to-peer communication that cannot afford fat servers to run on all nodes.
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Van Cutsem, T., Mostinckx, S., De Meuter, W., Dedecker, J., D’Hondt, T. (2004). On the Performance of SOAP in a Non-trivial Peer-to-Peer Experiment. In: Emmerich, W., Wolf, A.L. (eds) Component Deployment. CD 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3083. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24848-4_14
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