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This paper presents a simple language together with a small run-time environment that enable communication with and adaptation of objects, each of which can be a prototype for other objects. We call the experimental system Chameleon. Like a chameleon, which can adapt the color of its skin to the color of its environment, the system provides means to easily and quickly adapt a program consisting of such objects to changing requirements. Chameleon uses a uniform communication protocol for structure modification and object interaction. The protocol is based on the notion of basic activities a software engineer carries out during program development.
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Fröhlich, J.H. (1996). Prototype of a run-time actaptable, object-oriented system. In: Bjørner, D., Broy, M., Pottosin, I.V. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62064-8_28
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