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Abstract : |
This paper discusses how the aspects unique to the Java programming language can be combined with complementary and unique aspects of other languages such asCandFortran. This combining of the strong features of Java, such as portability and platform independence, with packages and legacy codes written in traditional languages such asCand Fortran results in a program blend which exhibits portability and speed not realizable by any of these languages individually. One area where this con uence of previously-disparate language features has strong potential is in the area of distributed, concurrent computing over heterogeneous platforms and across local network and lesystem boundaries | the setting addressed within this paper. Also addressed in this paper are the pivotal aspects of the Java bytecode representation of a class object which makes the porting of shared libraries across network boundaries, lesystems, and architectures possible., |
