Re: [gtk-list] Re: CORBA (was: Re: New key-binding system)



On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Elliot Lee wrote:

> OTOH if you're using CORBA to replace a process-local object system like
> GtkObject, you're nuts - CORBA is for IPC, not every-single-function-call

CORBA is essentially the object-oriented equivalent to remote procedure
call, which also requires the use of stubs and skeletons.  To use
something like CORBA or RPC for a simple application like "Hello World" 
is going to produce bloated code, because of all of the unnecessary
overhead for an application that doesn't require a request broker, and
isn't a fair representation.  For an application that does, say,
transaction processing, where a lot of the actual implementation may
reside on 10 different systems around the world, you may find the actual
code size for the local machine is pretty small compared to what it would
be like if the entire system was located on a central server. 

Brett W. McCoy           
                                         http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy
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