<s>
AmbientTalk	B-Language
is	O
an	O
experimental	O
object-oriented	B-Language
distributed	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Programming	O
Technology	O
Laboratory	O
at	O
the	O
Vrije	O
Universiteit	O
Brussel	O
,	O
Belgium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
primarily	O
targeted	O
at	O
writing	O
programs	O
deployed	O
in	O
mobile	B-Protocol
ad	I-Protocol
hoc	I-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmbientTalk	B-Language
is	O
meant	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
an	O
experimentation	O
platform	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
new	O
language	O
features	O
or	O
programming	O
abstractions	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
software	O
that	O
has	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
highly	O
volatile	O
networks	O
exhibiting	O
intermittent	O
connectivity	O
and	O
little	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
which	O
enables	O
interpretation	O
on	O
various	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interpreter	O
standard	O
library	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
seamless	O
interface	O
between	O
Java	B-Device
and	O
AmbientTalk	B-Language
objects	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
symbiosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
's	O
concurrency	B-Operating_System
features	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
futures	B-Operating_System
and	O
event-loop	O
concurrency	B-Operating_System
,	O
are	O
founded	O
on	O
the	O
actor	B-Application
model	I-Application
and	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
E	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
's	O
object-oriented	B-Language
features	O
find	O
their	O
influence	O
in	O
languages	O
like	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
block	O
closures	O
,	O
keyworded	O
messages	O
)	O
and	O
Self	B-Operating_System
(	O
prototype-based	B-Application
programming	I-Application
,	O
traits	O
,	O
delegation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
