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From: lord@crocodile.kiev.ua (Vadim Zaliva)
Subject: Re: communicating with scheme (was Re: Removing READ)
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>>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Wade <mitch@pactitle.com> writes:

    Mitch> See the CACM article from April 1994 on LinkWinds for an
    Mitch> example of a system that actually passes messages via
    Mitch> Scheme expressions.  This is used in a CSCW (computer
    Mitch> suppported cooperative workgroup) mode.  LinkWinds is a
    Mitch> scientific visualization package that uses message passing
    Mitch> between windows that implement objects.  Users on different
    Mitch> machines can link their sessions together, so the action of
    Mitch> both users happen on both machines.  This is implemented by
    Mitch> turning the inter window messages to Scheme expressions and
    Mitch> then sending the expressions over a socket interface.  I
    Mitch> worked on this project three years ago, and it is a very
    Mitch> nice system.  The project is still active at JPL under the
    Mitch> direction of Bud Jacobson.



I't very close to subject we are currently working at.
We are trying to implement distributed object system,
using Scheme as internal data representation format.
Is more datailed description, of things you've metioned aviable?

Sincerely yours, Vadim.





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