Re: [boost] CORBA iimplementation for Boost interest?

From: Jonathan Franklin (franklin.jonathan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-03 19:04:44

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Stefan Seefeld <seefeld_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Jonathan Biggar wrote:
>
> > So there appears to be some interest, and even more interest if it leads
> > to developing a new more modern C++ binding for CORBA.  But having an
> > implementation of the current binding would be a huge start for that.
>

<snip>

> Pick a good, free, ORB (the two choices that immediately come to mind
> are omniORB and TAO), and try to make modifications so it can be used
> with an alternate C++ binding. I think this would be a much more
> reasonable plan to move forward.

So, I'll preface by saying that I'll try to stop being a Curmudgeon about
CORBA.

I do agree w/ Stefans about yet another ORB.

One thing that may be really useful would be to build an IDL grammar in
Spirit, and make it available for other CORBA hacks to experiment w/
alternative bindings.

Jon