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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: the MICO/CORBA issue.
From:       Martin Konold <konold () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-09-15 11:17:30
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On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:

> > 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.

IIRC it was not the API but the shlib approach wich bothered him most.

> > 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?

I do it all the time.

> Easily?

It is easier because you can more easily narrow down the problematic code
by running the ditributed part as a standalone application.

Regards,
-- martin

// Martin Konold, Herrenbergerstr. 14, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany  //
KDE:  A stable GUI for a reliable OS.

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