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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 versus CORBA?
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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:33:56 -0400
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Andrew Simmons wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm working on a distributed application using C++ and CORBA, and
> apart from the sheer mind-numbing complexity of both, I'm finding it
> an increasing strain just to lift the books I need to consult - over
> 1000 pages each. I was wondering if Plan 9 might be worth considering
> as a simpler alternative, and I would be interested in the views of

Yes.  CORBA is an epitome of "clean APIs are hard, let's go shopping"
school of design.  In other words, it actively encourages API bloat and
considers that as a feature.  How hard it will be to make your code
use Plan 9 model for RPC depends on what you've already got, obviously,
but yes, result is very likely to be simpler and cleaner.