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> "the CORBA Interface Definition Language IDL is… 'one of the most significant contributions in the history of computer science' This could only have been wr
by zabzonk 5y ago
> "the CORBA Interface Definition Language IDL is… 'one of the most significant contributions in the history of computer science'
This could only have been written by someone that has never used CORBA in a real-world situation - i.e. possibly one of the designers (sic) of CORBA.
Unfortunately (for me) I have used CORBA, under extreme duress, in an investment bank trading environment, and it is beyond horrible.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with C - CORBA is supposed to be language-independent.
But perhaps there is a level of sarcasm I am missing out on here. Or an early April 1st?
- zozbot234 5y agoFor an early-1990s design providing distributed programming with hardware-, language- and OS-independence, I'd say it's pretty good. Even the distributed/portable objects paradigm is now getting plenty of use due to the popularity of Actor models.