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==== Preface ==== | ==== Preface ==== | ||
- | AmbientTalk is a distributed programming language especially geared towards developing applications deployed on mobile networks. The language | + | AmbientTalk is a distributed programming language especially geared towards developing applications deployed on mobile networks. The language |
- | ==== A bit of history | + | ==== History |
- | AmbientTalk was originally built as a distributed extension | + | The AmbientTalk language saw the light in 2005, when it was implemented by Jessie Dedecker as part of his PhD research. |
- | Despite | + | Pico borrowed many of its design principles and concepts from the Scheme programming language. The foremost design concern |
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+ | The AmbientTalk language described in this tutorial is actually AmbientTalk/ | ||
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+ | In 2006, Tom Van Cutsem and Stijn Mostinckx started the AmbientTalk/ | ||
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+ | Perhaps the most significant change from AmbientTalk/1 to AmbientTalk/ | ||
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+ | Today, AmbientTalk/ | ||
==== About this tutorial... ==== | ==== About this tutorial... ==== | ||
- | This tutorial introduces the programming language AmbientTalk from the basics up to the distribution model. The tutorial does not attempt to be a comprehensive reference manual but a hands-on experience | + | This tutorial introduces the programming language AmbientTalk from the basics up to the distribution model. The tutorial does not attempt to be a comprehensive reference manual but rather tries to give you hands-on experience |