Re: [MacPerl-Modules] CORBA-ORBit

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, David Steffen wrote:

>    I have occasion to learn CORBA.  On Linux, I am using Python/Fnorb. 
> I would like to play with its language and platform independence, and 
> have contemplated both Java and MacPerl on a Mac.  When I look under 
> CORBA on CPAN, I find CORBA-ORBit 0.3.0.  It uses an XS, which is 
> both a minus and a plus, the minus being the obvious and the plus 
> being yet another opportunity to learn how to compile XS's on a Mac.
> 
>    Does anyone have any words of wisdom to help me in the 
> contemplation of this task, like this is the wrong implementation of 
> CORBA for perl (I have also seen mention of something called COPE), 
> that you have looked at this port and it is exceedingly difficult, 
> etc?
> 
It all depends on what you really want to do. Learn CORBA, or get CORBA
happening on MacOS.

My feeling is that if you want to learn CORBA in as pleasant a way as you
can, stick with Linux and use a wide variety of free ORBs that are
available. Fnorb in Python, MICO or TAO or ORBacus for C++, JavaORB or
JacORB or ORBacus for Java, COPE for Perl, whatever.

In theory 100% pure Java ORBs or the pure-Perl COPE (I think) should maybe
perhaps work on MacOS, probably a very recent one. But because of what
CORBA does, given the nature of MacOS, the speed of the MRJ at present,
and a bunch of other factors, I wouldn't be looking at this option at
learning time. :-)

Just my gut feelings on the issue.

Arved



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