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Efficient Annotated Terms Export

Software, Practice and Experience, Vol. 30, No. 3. (2000), pp. 259-291.

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How do distributed applications exchange tree-like data structures? We introduce the abstract data type of Annotated Terms (ATerms) and discuss their design, implementation and application. A comprehensive procedural interface enables creation and manipulation of ATerms in C or Java. The ATerm implementation is based on maximal subterm sharing and automatic garbage collection. A binary exchange format for the concise representation of ATerms (sharing preserved) allows the fast exchange of...


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