摘要 |
Distributed processing system (100) having a host processor (102) and at least one object oriented processor (104, 106 or 108) are disclosed. An objected oriented processor (104, 106 or 108) has a communications interface (104a, 106a or 108a), an intelligent message handler (104a, 106b or 108b), and a task-specific functionality. The communications interface (104a, 106a or 108a) is coupled to the host processor (102) via a message based communications link (103). A high level command language is provided which is easily implemented in a host processor program. The command language includes subsets of commands. The object oriented processor (104, 106 or 108) includes a broad array of input and output devices (122 and 124). The object oriented processor (104, 106 or 108) includes a linking table and a periodic message generator.
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