Re: [boost] [soc] orb project was (asio projects)

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-06 10:31:55

Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Jeff Garland wrote:
>> Alexander Nasonov wrote:
>>> Ames Andreas wrote:
>>>> I beg to differ, at least somehow.  Although I'm with you, that a
>>>> whole ORB implementation would not even remotely be feasible, I think
>>>> a more constraint approach could be both interesting and useful.
>> I've added a note to the Wiki to this effect -- hopefully warning students 
>> away.  I see no way that this project is feasible within the time constraints 
>> of an SoC project, so it's unlikely that the mentoring team will approve it. 
>> The scope would need to be much more limited and defined.
> 
> Out of curiosity: What's the relationship between an ORB and boost.org, and
> why would boost.org want to have its own ?

Good question.  Some would probably like to have an ORB solution based on 
Boost because it would be 'lighter weight' than an ACE/TAO solution.  The 
problem I see is that there's alot of stuff needed to use an ORB (like an IDL 
compiler) that Boost won't have.  So, for a long time you'd wind up with 
ACE/TAO and Boost.

A project that would align more closely with the Boost mission would be a redo 
of the CORBA binding (it's awful) for C++ using TR1 and other modern C++. 
This might be more of a design and prototype project that would require both 
Boost (for things like smart ptrs) and TAO.   That's probably too big a 
project for SoC, but it would be working with a current well defined 
interface.  And there wouldn't be any illusion that it would be going into 
Boost right away...although that makes is less attractive as a Boost project.

Jeff