Re: [LEAP-INFO] Re: Announcement: released JADE2.4"The LEAP of little JADEinto the wireless world"

Subject: Re: [LEAP-INFO] Re: Announcement: released JADE2.4"The LEAP of little JADEinto the wireless world"
From: Giovanni Rimassa (rimassa@ce.unipr.it)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 10:12:43 MET DST

Oliver Hoffmann wrote:

> Fabio,
>
> there is one thing I don't understand (and I am sure you can explain):
>

>
> LEAP is lightweight, lightweight means: less code, less footprint, less
> disk space, less memory usage etc.
>

If we stick to an operational definition of "lightweight", LEAP is more
lightweight
than JADE because with LEAP you can deploy FIPA agents on resource
constrained
devices like cell phones and PDA, which you cannot do with JADE alone. This
holds
independently on how this is achieved (starting from JADE or writing a
FIPA platform
from scratch).

But, also, your syllogysm is flawed:

>
> BUT: LEAP needs JADE,

True.

> LEAP therefore is added to JADE

False. If you need something, this doesn't imply that you are an addition to
that something.
Counterexample: two entities may need each other without actually being the
same, whereas
the 'being an addition to' relation is a partial order relationship, so it's
antisymmetric.
If we consider that two lovers need each other, then the U2 song called
'One' brightly expresses
this in its chorus "We're One, but we're not the same, we need to carry each
other,..."

Quod Erat Demonstrandum ;-)

>
>
> then how can it be more lightweight than JADE?
>

Practically speaking, LEAP adapts the JADE kernel to J2ME CLDC environments
by replacing
some classes, by adding communication support based on J2ME CLDC APIs and
by, of course,
removing J2SE-specific modules such as IIOP, RMI and code mobility.

>
> :) Oliver Hoffmann
>
> At 10:27 AM 9/26/2001 +0200, Bellifemine Fabio wrote:
> >Dear JADE users, we are pleased to announce the release of version 2.4
> >of JADE, release that we named "The LEAP of little JADE into the
> >wireless world".
> >
> >At a functional level, the most important feature given by this new
> >release is the integration with the results of the EU IST-1999-10211
>

<SNIP>

>
> >Java language and the minimal software requirement is the version 1.2 of
> >Java.
> >
> >Apologies for any duplicate emails received.
> >
> >Sincerely, the JADE Team.
> >
> >
> > <<Fabio Bellifemine.vcf>>
>
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Best Regards,

    Giovanni Rimassa 

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                 Giovanni Rimassa
     Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
         Universita` di Parma - Parma (ITALY)
    Phone: +39 0521 035712 -  Fax: +39 0521 035723
Oliver Hoffmann wrote:
Fabio,

there is one thing I don't understand (and I am sure you can explain):
 

 
LEAP is lightweight, lightweight means: less code, less footprint, less
disk space, less memory usage etc.
 
If we stick to an operational definition of "lightweight", LEAP is more lightweight
than JADE because with LEAP you can deploy FIPA agents on resource constrained
devices like cell phones and PDA, which you cannot do with JADE alone. This holds
independently on how this is achieved (starting from JADE or writing a FIPA platform
from scratch).

But, also, your syllogysm is flawed:

 
BUT: LEAP needs JADE,
True.
LEAP therefore is added to JADE
False. If you need something, this doesn't imply that you are an addition to that something.
Counterexample: two entities may need each other without actually being the same, whereas
the 'being an addition to' relation is a partial order relationship, so it's antisymmetric.
If we consider that two lovers need each other, then the U2 song called 'One' brightly expresses
this in its chorus "We're One, but we're not the same, we need to carry each other,..."

Quod Erat Demonstrandum ;-)

 

then how can it be more lightweight than JADE?
 

Practically speaking, LEAP adapts the JADE kernel to J2ME CLDC environments by replacing
some classes, by adding communication support based on J2ME CLDC APIs and by, of course,
removing J2SE-specific modules such as IIOP, RMI and code mobility.
 
:) Oliver Hoffmann

At 10:27 AM 9/26/2001 +0200, Bellifemine Fabio wrote:
>Dear JADE users, we are pleased to announce the release of version 2.4
>of JADE, release that we named "The LEAP of little JADE into the
>wireless world".
>
>At a functional level, the most important feature given by this new
>release is the integration with the results of the EU IST-1999-10211
 

<SNIP>
 
>Java language and the minimal software requirement is the version 1.2 of
>Java.
>
>Apologies for any duplicate emails received.
>
>Sincerely, the JADE Team.
>
>
>  <<Fabio Bellifemine.vcf>>

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    Giovanni Rimassa
  

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