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Am I the only one in the world that liked CORBA? I used ACE and TAO back in the day, and built multicast discovery mechanism to decentralize the ORB. Then the
by bluejekyll 10y ago
Am I the only one in the world that liked CORBA? I used ACE and TAO back in the day, and built multicast discovery mechanism to decentralize the ORB.
Then the SOAP shitshow came to town, and now REST which is the rockstar, but people want better defined endpoints (RAML), um IDL was there in CORBA.
REST is definitely easier to use than CORBA was, but it's much more limited, and it always feels like we're just reinventing the wheel. And yes, REST is better for web APIs, but it's always felt lacking after using CORBA.