DAPHNE

Developed by:
Free University of Berlin, University of Bremen, FRG Klaus-Peter Lšhr and Lutz Nentwig

Short Description:
DAPHNE is a system of tools and run-time support routines that allow programs to be broken into parts for distributed execution on different nodes of a heterogeneous computer network. This approach to distributed programming is both simple and general. It serves as a natural basis for classical network services such as remote file access or remote login while the same time allowing arbitrary distributed applications to be written in a standard programming language. The pivot of DAPHNE is a remote procedur e call mechanism that is specially adapted to a heterogeneous environment, notably heterogeneous systems software. The current language context of DAPHNE is Modula-2.

Model: heterogeneous, server/client, loosely-coupled
Properties: UNIX-compatible
Transparency: location, access
Running on: networked UNIX and MS-DOS systems
Date: 1988


References:
Klaus-Peter Lšhr and Lutz Nentwig: "DAPHNE: Support for Distributed Computing in Heterogeneous Environments", Proceedings European Workshop on Progress in Distributed Operating Systems and Distributed Systems Management, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, April 198 9.

Klaus-Peter Lšhr, Joachim MŸller and Lutz Nentwig: "DAPHNE: Support for Distributed Applications Programming in Heterogeneous Computer Networks", IEEE, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Distributed Computing System, San Jose, 1988.


© 1995, Alfred Lupper, Department of Computer Science, University of Ulm