tool: PLAN
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Language:
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PLAN
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Version:
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1.0
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Parts:
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Author:
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Carl A. Gunter
Mike Hicks
Pankaj Kakkar
Jonathan Moore
Scott Nettles
Sam Weber
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Location:
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http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~switchware/PLAN/
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Description:
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(Programming Language for Active Networks). PLAN is a
small functional scripting language that is intended to be
carried in communication packets and evaluated on routers
in an active network. Its primary goal is to support 1.
finding, installing, and invoking services, and 2. diagnostics
for routers and the network with authentication only on
services that require it. PLAN programs are guaranteed to
terminate and have predictable behavior over a limited safe
interface. PLAN programs with this limited interface can
therefore be interpreted by all active routers to all active
packets. PLAN programs may also access libraries of other
services that may not be provided to all packets, based on
authorization. PLAN 1.0 is our first experimental prototype
release, implementing some of the basic functionality
expected of PLAN.
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Updated:
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July 27th, 1997
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category: special purpose languages
summary, or
expanded.
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