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> But IDL's, versioned interfaces etc. etc. are all reinvented every five years or so. And it's happening again right now, albeit for a better reason than norm
by jeffparsons 5y ago
> But IDL's, versioned interfaces etc. etc. are all reinvented every five years or so.
And it's happening again right now, albeit for a better reason than normal. The WebAssembly Component Model (currently in development) draws heavily on lessons from all these generations of reinvention, and especially from COM itself.