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Peter Wegner
Researcher at Brown University
Publications - 100
Citations - 7131
Peter Wegner is an academic researcher from Brown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Turing machine & Interactive computation. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 100 publications receiving 7039 citations.
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On understanding types, data abstraction, and polymorphism
Luca Cardelli,Peter Wegner +1 more
TL;DR: A λ-calculus-based model for type systems that allows us to explore the interaction among the concepts of type, data abstraction, and polymorphism in a simple setting, unencumbered by complexities of production programming languages is developed.
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Dimensions of object-based language design
TL;DR: The potential inconsistency of object-oriented sharing and distributed autonomy is discussed, suggesting that compromises between sharing and autonomy will be necessary in designing strongly typed object- oriented distributed database languages.
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Concepts and paradigms of object-oriented programming
TL;DR: Object-oriented programming is a robust component-based modeling paradigm that is both effective and fundamental, and its mathematical models are reviewed to make them accessible to nonmathematical readers.
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Inheritance as an Incremental Modification Mechanism or What Like Is and Isn't Like
Peter Wegner,Stanley B. Zdonik +1 more
TL;DR: Molecular, operational, and conceptual models of inheritance are examined, leading to a discussion of algebraic models of behavioral compatibility, horizontal and vertical signature modification, algorithmically defined name modification, additive and subtractive exceptions, abstract inheritance networks, and parametric polymorphism.