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A persistent programming language for multimedia databases in the OPERA project
April 1993, 9 pages
DOI: 10.48456/tr-296
Abstract
The advent of high bandwidth local area ATM networks has transformed the potential of distributed computing systems. At the Computer Laboratory we are moving towards a world in which multimedia displays are managed by editing, browsing and composing tools [Bates 93]. The recently completed Pandora project [Hopper 90] has given us some experience of multimedia applications, and an idea of their scope.
We have developed a persistent programming language PC++ [Wu 93], an extension of C++, to help programmers developing multimedia applications to make use of the MSSA. In this paper we present the design of PC++ and show how its special features meet the requiremets to effectively manage data in a distributed, real-time, context.
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@TechReport{UCAM-CL-TR-296, author = {Wu, Z. and Moody, K. and Bacon, J.}, title = {{A persistent programming language for multimedia databases in the OPERA project}}, year = 1993, month = apr, url = {https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-296.pdf}, institution = {University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory}, doi = {10.48456/tr-296}, number = {UCAM-CL-TR-296} }