Unconventional Programming Paradigms: International Workshop UPP 2004, Le Mont Saint Michel, France, September 15-17, 2004, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

Nowadays, developers have to face the proliferation of hardware and software environments, the increasing demands of the users, the growing number of p— grams and the sharing of information, competences and services thanks to the generalization ofdatabasesandcommunication networks. Aprogramisnomore a monolithic entity conceived, produced and—nalized before being used. A p— gram is now seen as an open and adaptive frame, which, for example, can — namically incorporate services not foreseen b...