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Distributed Programming in Argu!s Special Section

@inproceedings{Argus1999DistributedPI,
  title={Distributed Programming in Argu!s Special Section},
  author={IN Argus and Barbara H. Liskov},
  year={1999}
}

• IN Argus, B. Liskov
• Published 1999
• Computer Science

Argus--a programming language and system-was developed to support the implementation and execution of distributed programs. Distribution gives rise to some problems that do not exist in a centralized system, or that exist in a less complex form. For example, a centralized system is either running or crashed, but a distributed system may be partly running and partly crashed. The goal of Argus is to provide mechanisms that make it easier for programmers to cope with these problems. A program in Argus runs on one or more nodes. Each node is a computer with one or more processors and one or more levels of memory; we assume that the nodes .are heterogeneous, i.e., contain different kinds of processors. Nodes can communicate with one another only by exchanging messages over the network. We make no assumptions about the network topology; for example, the network might be a local area net, or it might consist of a number of local area nets connected by a long haul net. In such a network, it is usually much faster for a node to access local information than information residing in some other node. Distributed programs must cope with failures of the underlying hardware. Both the nodes and the network