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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: the MICO/CORBA issue.
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date:       1999-09-15 9:16:52
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Martin Konold wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, David Faure wrote:
> 
> > And the answer is, I suppose : as usual. shlib is just what will be used
> > by openparts, it doesn't prevent people from using normal CORBA. :)
> 
> Torben had once a VERY slick and FAST version of openparts based on shlibs
> running. Sorry I forgot the technical reasons (except network
> transparency) which led him to the conclusion that it is a bad concept.

The API wasn't that nice and the current OpenParts allows a lot more
than
the old one did.
> 
> What about segfaults in a part? I would hate an incorrect openpart of
> minor importance killing the main application. I think a shlib concept
> will also be harde to debug in some cases.
> 
Sorry Martin - but have you ever debugged a distributed application?
Easily?

Greetings, Stephan

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