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Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] How to Refer to Various Uses of the word "machine"


I do not like either the terms virtual machine or abstract machine as  
both have the connotation of being turing complete; and that is not  
what we are about.

How about "abstract mechanism", or "abstract system"?

Frank

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Jeffrey A Estefan wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> The potential confusion between our proposed use of the term "SOA  
> virtual
> machine" (or some variant) with the term "Java Virtual Machine  
> (JVM)" was
> certainly something that crossed my mind; however, I believe it's  
> just an
> artifact of the more recent popularity of Java whereas the term  
> "virtual
> machine" has been around for decades.
>
> I think we can alleviate the problem by stating up front [in the RA  
> text]
> that our definition of virtual machine is abstract in nature and is
> technology-neutral, hence, it should not be confused with specific
> technologies such as the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that provides the
> runtime environment for the Java programming language or other
> technology-specific "VM" variants.
>
> Incidentally, the term "abstract machine" also came to mind, but the
> Computer Science purists out there often associate abstract machine  
> with
> abstract computers and Turing machines.
>
>  - Jeff
>
>
>
>



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