BCOOPL: Basic concurrent object-oriented programming language

A small, object-oriented language is introduced: BCOOPL (Basic Concurrent o bject-oriented Programming Language). This language is specifically targete d to support component-oriented programming. The main design goal of BCOOPL was to provide a small, but powerful set of language features that support s the construction of high-quality components through well-established soft ware engineering practices, which include the separation of interfaces and implementations, weakly-coupled objects, and abstraction. A number of desig n patterns based on these principles is actually built in the language. In particular, the observer, the mediator and the bridge are supported directl y. This provides a strong foundation on which higher level component specif ication languages can be built. BCOOPL has a long research history. Its roo ts can be traced back to path expressions, and the concurrent object-orient ed programming languages Procol and Talktalk, As a result, BCOOPL only inte grates essential language features that blend well and have proven their va lue in practice. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.