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Most languages try this at some point, Java claimed you could link all your code into Java and use OOP. Self-describing components in .NET Visual Basic 6's co
by CJefferson 10y ago
Most languages try this at some point, Java claimed you could link all your code into Java and use OOP.
Self-describing components in .NET
Visual Basic 6's component method.
Windows has had various of these, including ODE and COM.
Obviously, any linux distribution, and plain old C linking, probably comes closest (although that tends not to be self-describing.
Lots of RPC systems I would say fall into this list, just google for "self-describing RPC" to find a bunch of versions.
- _pmf_ 10y agoCORBA and WSDL/SOAP. Also, it's not quite correct to say that these failed. They did what they were supposed to do; they simply were not the magic bullet some proponents made them out to be.