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From: angus@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Angus Duggan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.research
Subject: Language support for OS (request)
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Date: 30 Mar 88 14:43:05 GMT
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I am studying for a Phd, with the working title 'Language Support
for Distributed Operating Systems'.

I would like to ask the readers of this newsgroup who have had
experience of implementing distributed operating systems some
questions about their choice of implementation language --

	Which language(s) did you use for the implementation, and why? If you
	used a language which is not widely available, please supply
	references to it.

	What features in the language(s) chosen *caused* implementation
	problems, and what were those problems?

	What features in the language(s) chosen *solved* implementation
	problems, and what were those problems?

	Are there any extensions to the language(s) chosen which you would
	have significantly your implementation in any way?

Please e-mail any replies to the address below. If there is enough
interest I'll summarise replies.

--
Angus Duggan, Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh,
James Clerk Maxwell Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road,
Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Scotland, U.K.
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