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Re: [xml-dev] The Browser Wars are Dead! Long Live the Browser Wars!

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To: tblanchard@mac.com
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The Browser Wars are Dead! Long Live the Browser Wars!
From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:31:54 +0200
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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tblanchard@mac.com wrote:
> C++ is an extremely poor 
> application development language with compile time static binding and no 
> (useful) runtime metadata.
> 
> To work around that, the CORBA people (who were also quite enamored with 
> C++) invented IDL (Interface Definition Language).

Umm, where did you read this? I had always the impression IDL
was invented for the purpose described in its name, and I have
no idea what this has to do with static typing or runtime
metadata.

J.Pietschmann

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