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A Note on Distributed Computing

The thesis that local and distributed objects are fundamentally different.

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A Note on Distributed Computing is a seminal paper arguing against the “unified view” of objects in distributed systems.

The unified view assumes that objects (local or remote) form a single ontological class defined only by their interfaces. The paper asserts this is mistaken: there are fundamental differences between local and distributed interactions that cannot be abstracted away.

“Work in distributed object-oriented systems that is based on a model that ignores or denies these differences is doomed to failure.”

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Source: [[Paper: A Note On Distributed Computing]]