Quote: in an open system, control must be distributed so that local decisions are made where needed; uses local information [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: in distributed computations prefer local state, time and names to global state, time and names [»hewiC8_1977]

Quote: the main problem with a decentralized system is a lack of global, centralized knowledge; e.g., where is a file, what is the best route [»grayJN6_1986]

Quote: with concurrency, do not have the notion of system state; might ask how far out-of-step can things be [»holtAW_1970]

Quote: Petri net theory rejects all global properties [»petrCA1_1966]

Quote: in process paradigm there is no global state or global time due to concurrent activity [»stroR10_1986]

Quote: in the process paradigm no system-wide knowledge, no superuser, no centralized management; everything is distributed [»stroR10_1986]

Quote: .NET's common language specification (CLS) is a subset of its type system; unique, Unicode names, no static and instance methods or fields, properties, events, predefined types, closed

Quote: requirements and proofs are inherently global; a changed requirement may require redoing most of the proofs; verification gets dropped [»berrDM10_2002]

Quote: instead of globally consistent economic information, have dispersed bits of incomplete, frequently contradictory information [»hayeFA9_1945]

Quote: very important, unscientific knowledge of particular circumstances of time and place [»hayeFA9_1945]

Quote: every individual has unique information about particular jobs, people, local conditions, and special circumstances

Quote: economic change not captured by statistical aggregates; constant, deliberate adjustments, every day [»hayeFA9_1945]

Quote: localized, economic change requires a decentralized solution; decisions must be local [»hayeFA9_1945]

Quote: most data (by amount) is global for SpecInt95 and embedded programs [»engbJ5_1999]

Note: classes provide a way to program with global state that is localized to its use [»cbb_1990, OK]

Quote: there is no semantic difference between class and instance messages; distinction is for organization [»xlrg8_1981]

Quote: static CLR fields and methods are global to the type [»hamiJ2_2003]

Quote: use dynamic scope for configuration of customizable environments such as GUI packages; avoids configuration objects that are passed to every method [»hansDR6_2001]

Quote: implement dynamic variables via set and use statements that allocate from the stack; 'use' searches the 'set' variables for a match [»hansDR6_2001]

Quote: Clearinghouse assumes one global database that is decentralized [»oppeDC7_1983]

Quote: automata theory and classical physics use a global, system state determined by the global, real time [»petrCA1_1966]

Quote: Newtonian physics assumes the existence of a real universe; relativity and quantum mechanics are based on observability [»wegnP10_1986]

Quote: in physics, action has local effects (e.g., inverse square law); in computation, a tiny program can clear all of memory [»hillWD_1985]

Quote: a denoting phrase can be a primary or secondary occurrence (global or local); handles denoting phrases that denote nothing [»russB_1956]

Quote: besides a global name for an object, allow users to define local names for the object [»watsRW_1981]

Quote: an overloaded or hidden name can cause difficult errors; minimize by avoiding names like 'i' for globals or variables in large functions [»stroB_1991]

Quote: Java does not allow a local name to override a global name; an earlier version with name hiding caused accidental errors [»goslJ6_1997]

Quote: languages should avoid the 'von Neumann' model of a global memory manipulated by sequential execution; bottleneck between control unit and memory [»ackeWB_1979]