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Object oriented programming in Concurrent Prolog

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It is shown that the basic operations of object-oriented programming languages — creating an, object, sending and receiving messages, modifying an object’s state, and forming class-superclass hierarchies — can be implemented naturally in Concurrent Prolog. In addition, a new object-oriented programming paradigm, called incomplete messages, is presented. This paradigm subsumes stream communication, and greatly simplifies the complexity of programs defining communication networks and protocols for managing shared resources. Several interesting programs are presented, including a multiple-window manager. All programs have been developed and tested using the Concurrent Prolog interpreter described in.1)

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehoyot, Israel

    Ehud Shapiro

  2. Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, ICOT Research Center, Mita-Kokusai Bldg. 21F, 4-28 Mita 1-chome, Minato-ku, 108, Tokyo

    Akikazu Takeuchi

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Part of this research was carried out while Ehud Shapiro was visiting ICOT, the Institute for New Generation Computer Technology. Ehud Shapiro is a recipient of the Sir Charles Clore Fellowship.

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Shapiro, E., Takeuchi, A. Object oriented programming in Concurrent Prolog. NGCO 1, 25–48 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03037020

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