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Building modular communication systems in Ada: The Simple-Com approach

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This paper is devoted to study the use, in the Simple_Com system, of several mechanisms provided by the Ada programming language (type extension, dynamic dispatching, encapsulation, generics, etc.). The Simple_Com system is a toolbox for building protocols of different qualities of service (both unicast and multicast). It is flexible, extensible, portable, and provides clean and simple interfaces. Many of its features are possible thanks to the extensive use of those Ada mechanisms.

The Simple_Com system is useful for building distributed applications (using the protocols already provided), or to design and test new protocols (either combining some of the pieces provided, or building new ones).

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  1. GSyC, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain

    JesÚs M. González-Barahona, Pedro de-las-Heras-Quirós, José Centeno-González & Francisco Ballesteros

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González-Barahona, J.M., de-las-Heras-Quirós, P., Centeno-González, J., Ballesteros, F. (1998). Building modular communication systems in Ada: The Simple-Com approach. In: Asplund, L. (eds) Reliable Software Technologies — Ada-Europe. Ada-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1411. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0055008

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