Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Chris Lattner wrote:

> This email is here to announce the availability of a port of ORBit (the
> GNOME ORB) to the Linux kernel.  This ORB, named kORBit, is available from
> our sourceforge web site (http://korbit.sourceforge.net/).  A kernel ORB
> allows you to write kernel extensions in CORBA and have the kernel call
> into them, or to call into the kernel through CORBA.  This opens the door
> to a wide range of experiments/hacks:
>
> * We can now write device drivers in perl, and let them run on the iMAC
>   across the hall from you. :)

Why would you *ever* want to write a device driver in perl???

-b