Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
acm forum. |
| Authors: |
Ousterhout, John K.1, Parnas, David Lorge2, Sheppard, Sylvia B.3, Rosenbloom, Michael H.4, Caglayan, Mehmet U.5, Ledgard, Henry F., Huskey, Velma R., van Wingen, Johan W. |
| Source: |
Communications of the ACM. Aug1981, Vol. 24 Issue 8, p546-549. 4p. |
| Subjects: |
Letters to the editor, Computer science, Computer operating systems, Computer software, Information technology, Computer programming |
| Abstract: |
Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in the August 1981 issue of the journal "Communications of the ACM." Issues related to funding for experimental computer science; Statement that a distributed operating system could provide the facilities of existing centralized operating systems without substantial overheads in either efficiency or complexity; Discussion on the importance of experimental computer science. |
| Database: |
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