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AmbientTalk is a distributed programming language especially geared towards developing applications deployed on mobile networks. The language combines elements from languages such as Scheme (closures), Smalltalk (pure OO), Self (prototypes and delegation) and actor languages. | AmbientTalk is a distributed programming language especially geared towards developing applications deployed on mobile networks. The language combines elements from languages such as Scheme (closures), Smalltalk (pure OO), Self (prototypes and delegation) and actor languages. | ||
- | ==== 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 keeping | + | Pico borrowed many of its design principles and concepts |
- | ==== About this tutorial... | + | The AmbientTalk language described in this tutorial |
- | This tutorial | + | In 2006, Tom Van Cutsem and Stijn Mostinckx started the AmbientTalk/ |
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+ | Perhaps the most significant change from AmbientTalk/ | ||
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+ | Today, AmbientTalk/ | ||
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+ | ==== About this tutorial ==== | ||
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+ | The tutorial introduces the AmbientTalk | ||
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+ | The tutorial is subdivided into different chapters that each highlight different aspects of the language. It is recommended to read through the tutorial sequentially, |
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