Reactive-C -Meije

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This is the description of a new programming approach, called  Icobj Programming (March 1999) and of experimental systems based on it

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Icobj programming is a simple and fully graphical programming method, using a powerful means to combine behaviors. This programming is based on the notion of an "icobj" which has a behavioral aspect (object part), a graphical aspect (icon part), with an animation aspect. Icobj programming provides parallelism, broadcast event communication and migration through the network. Experimental systems based on this approach have been implemented with Reactive Scripts.

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Papers:
There is a paper which presents the approach:

• in english (ps.gz file, 710K)
• in french (ps file, 680K)

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Demos:

• The WebIcobj demo  on top of Java, implemented with SugarCubes.
• A demo based on Tcl/Tk is also available for Sun4os4, solaris, linux or dec-alpha platforms. You can get the code by clicking here (tar.gz file, 1.2M).
• The Prey-Hunter demo of Reactive Scripts and Icobjs (using Tcl/Tk) is now available.

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The demo on icobj programming has won a Special Jury's prize at the First Pirelli Internetional Award for the spread of the Scientific Culture ! (March 1997)

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After loading the Tcl/Tk demo, it should be possible to play with something which looks like this (please read the paper first):

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This work was supported by France Télécom/Cnet, Grant 93 1B 141 #506.

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F. Boussinot, Inria CMA/Meije, BP 93, 2004 route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France. Email: <Frederic.Boussinot@sophia.inria.fr>