Quote: use unique stubs and scions instead of pointers in distributed applications; have forwarding and short-circuits; complex termination

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We propose efficient, programming language- independent, location-transparent references … for both local and distributed, transient and persistent … The programmer remains free to create, delete or … across any number of spaces; we provide a … [p. 137] Inter-space references are identified in special data … outgoing remote references. There is never more than … Complementing the stubs, each space maintains a table … a corresponding scion in that space. A scion … references. [A scion need not have a corresponding stub. A stub contains a strong locator that is guaranteed to reach the object and a weak locator which may short- circuit the strong chain.] … [p. 137] When a space terminates, rather complex recovery …   Google-1   Google-2

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