Mobility and Remote-Code Execution

Using an adapted analysis grid, this paper presents a new reading of the concepts underlying the mobile code/agent technology by proposing a decomposition of the paradigms related to remote-code execution into three categories: remote-code calling, remote code-loading and mobile code. Models resulting from this decomposition are specified and implemented using a uniform execution system. A distinction between mobile code and mobile software agent is then proposed.

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