Workflow enactment with continuation and future objects

Proceedings of the Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications, OOPSLA

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 40-51

  Manolescu, Dragos A ^a  

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Author keywords

Continuations; Future objects; Micro workflow; Trampolined style; Workflow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONTINUATIONS; MICRO-WORKFLOW; TRAMPOLINED STYLE; WORKFLOW ENACTMENT;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0037810320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/582424.582425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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