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Prototyping a real-time embedded system in Smalltalk

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OOPSLA '89: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications

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https://doi.org/10.1145/74877.74904

Published: 01 September 1989 Publication History

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This paper presents a case study of AMEP, a prototype ESM signal processor which has been implemented in Smalltalk using an actor-based design methodology, Arguments for choosing an OOPS for implementing such applications are reviewed. AMEP is a large system which includes both hard real-time and knowledge-based subsystems. Extensive software metrics are presented for each subsystem and used to compare the characteristics of code designed for different purposes. For example, analysis of this data suggests that knowledge-based applications may be more difficult to port to an object-based language such as Ada than hard real-time systems. Team programming, productivity, documentation standards and other software engineering issues are also addressed.

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Prototyping a real-time embedded system in Smalltalk
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
    1. Signal processing systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
      1. Programming teams
    2. Software development techniques
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
    2. Software configuration management and version control systems

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September 1989

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 24, Issue 10
Special issue: Proceedings of the 1989 ACM OOPSLA conference on object-oriented programming
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DOI:10.1145/74878
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Clohessy KBarry BTanner P(1998)New Complexities in the Embedded World — the OTI ApproachObject-Oriented Technologys10.1007/3-540-69687-3_87(472-478)Online publication date: 15-May-1998
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Clohessy KBarry BTanner P(1997)New Complexities in the Embedded World - The OTI ApproachProceedings of the Workshops on Object-Oriented Technology10.5555/646777.705883(472-481)Online publication date: 9-Jun-1997
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