Java as a systems programming language: three case studies

摘要

Java is the newest in a long line of systems programming languages. This paper looks at what makes it special and backs the findings up with three case studies. The projects exercise Java to the full-its features and APIs. The first is a Web Computing Skeleton for remote execution of collaborative programs. The second provides open query mechanisms to a spatial database The third expands a distributed algorithm visualisation systems. Issues of performance are discussed, as well as alternative ways of approaching the solutions, In general the results are positive and Java comes out as a worthy language for undertaking research in distributed systems.