Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Michael Robinson <robinson(at)public(dot)bta(dot)net(dot)cn>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA
Date: 1998-11-13 17:39:17
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.05.9811131331180.9308-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Michael Robinson wrote:

< a very well written description removed >

> Which ORB?
>
> GNOME started with Mico. Mico, apparently, makes use of C++ templates,
> which caused the compiler they were using to generate bloated, wallowing
> code.

Is that still accurate today?

> GNOME then adopted ORBit, which has two wins: it's in C, and (this is
> the biggy) it has provisions to shortcut parameter marshalling,

So...implement an OO 'environment' with a non-OO language? :)

My experience is that for pretty much every pro, there is a
con...what are we losing with ORBit that we'd have with mico? Short
and/or long term? mico is reputed to be Corba 2.2 compliant..orbit?

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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