Cliff Green wrote:
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:31:55 -0700 Jeff Garland <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote:
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++.
Yes! The CORBA C++ binding is truly awful in many ways. Supporting a modern binding using standard C++, TR1, and Boost facilities would go a long way towards simplifying and "robustifying" CORBA use in C++ apps. I'm sure other orgs or people have tried this in the past (probably not with Boost or TR1, though), so I would assume there's some case studies available (specially if the project was unsuccessful - that would give a good idea of the scope and challenges involved).
The OMG is finally going to discuss the possibility of a new C++ mapping at, I believe, their next meeting. Doug Schmidt is going to present his ideas. I have not seen the proposal yet, so I can't comment on it. However, I would guess it would be based on ideas that he presented in: http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403765 http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403778 KevinH -- Kevin Heifner heifner @ ociweb.com http://heifner.blogspot.com Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) www.ociweb.com