@Article{Boeszoermenyi1997, author = {Böszörmenyi, Laszlo and Eder, Karl-Heinz}, journal = {Parallel Computing}, title = {M3Set - A Language for Handling of Distributed and Persistent Sets of Objects}, year = {1997}, month = {jan}, number = {13}, pages = {1897-1912}, volume = {22}, abstract = {We claim that distributed object-oriented systems must provide a higher level of abstraction to their users, than usually provided. Especially, it is necessary to provide application-oriented, intelligent aggregates of objects with transparent distribution of their elements. Beside that, it seems to be not only reasonable, but also relatively easy to connect persistence with distribution. A system, offering distributed and persistent polymorphic sets of objects, on the level of a clean, type safe programming language is introduced. The user of such a system gets distribution and persistence in the same "natural" way, as users of traditional systems get volatile arrays of numbers or classes of objects.}, address = {Oxford, United Kingdom}, keywords = {Distributed object management, Parallel distributed languages, Parallel distributed databases, Object-oriented languages, Modula-3}, language = {EN}, publisher = {Elsevier}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167819196000841} }