=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM/doc/issac2000/openxm-stackmachines.tex,v retrieving revision 1.12 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -p -r1.12 -r1.14 --- OpenXM/doc/issac2000/openxm-stackmachines.tex 2000/01/17 01:23:41 1.12 +++ OpenXM/doc/issac2000/openxm-stackmachines.tex 2000/01/17 08:50:56 1.14 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $OpenXM: OpenXM/doc/issac2000/openxm-stackmachines.tex,v 1.11 2000/01/16 06:39:39 takayama Exp $ +% $OpenXM: OpenXM/doc/issac2000/openxm-stackmachines.tex,v 1.13 2000/01/17 08:06:15 noro Exp $ \section{OpenXM Stack machines}\label{sec:ox-stackmachines} @@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ In OpenXM specification, all servers are stack machine When a server ox\_xyz gets an OX data message, it translates the data into a local object of ox\_xyz and pushes the object onto the stack. -According to the OpenMath specification, -the translation scheme +The translation scheme %% together with definitions of mathematical operations %% of the system ox\_xyz -is called the {\it PhraseBook} of ox\_xyz. +is called the {\it PhraseBook} of ox\_xyz (cf. OpenMath \cite{OpenMath}). For example, the Asir command {\tt ox\_push\_cmo(P,1)} (push integer $1$ onto the server $P$) sends an OX data message @@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ Here, {\tt OX\_DATA} stands for {\tt OX\_DATA} header and {\tt (CMO\_ZZ,1)} is a body standing for $1$ expressed by the CMO. -The server tranlates {\tt (CMO\_ZZ, 1)} to its internal object of +The server translates {\tt (CMO\_ZZ, 1)} to its internal object of the integer $1$ and pushes the object onto the stack. @@ -90,12 +89,12 @@ error([8,fctr : invalid argument]) OpenXM server won't send error messages to the client except when it receives a {\tt SM\_pop*} command. -OX stackmachines work in the asynchronous mode which is similar +OX stack machines work in the asynchronous mode which is similar to X servers. For servers of graphic and sound applications, it may be an advantageous feature. It is also possible to emulate RPC and a web server for MCP \cite{iamc} -on our asynchronous OX stackmachines. +on our asynchronous OX stack machines.