Received: from clubserv.rp-online.de (root@clubserv.rp-online.de [149.221.232.11]) by hub.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA19086 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:37:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from meskes@usa.net) Received: from feivel.meskes.de (as11-asy19.rp-plus.de [149.221.93.147]) by clubserv.rp-online.de (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA12728 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:38:14 +0100 (MET) Received: (from meskes@localhost) by feivel.meskes.de (8.9.1a/8.9.0/Debian/GNU) id OAA00564 for pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:19:21 +0100 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:19:21 +0100 From: Michael Meskes To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA Message-ID: <19981114141921.C546@usa.net> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org References: <199811131719.BAA26341@public.bta.net.cn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.15i In-Reply-To: ; from The Hermit Hacker on Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 01:39:17PM -0400 On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 01:39:17PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > GNOME started with Mico. Mico, apparently, makes use of C++ templates, > > which caused the compiler they were using to generate bloated, wallowing > > code. > > Is that still accurate today? I think so, yes. > > GNOME then adopted ORBit, which has two wins: it's in C, and (this is > > the biggy) it has provisions to shortcut parameter marshalling, > > So...implement an OO 'environment' with a non-OO language? :) > > My experience is that for pretty much every pro, there is a > con...what are we losing with ORBit that we'd have with mico? Short > and/or long term? mico is reputed to be Corba 2.2 compliant..orbit? In the short term we lose lots of functions with ORBit. In the long run however we win performance. Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Manager of the Western Branch Office, Datenrevision GmbH work: Cuxhavener Str. 36, D-21149 Hamburg home: Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz, Michael.Meskes@usa.net Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux!