Re: Can we use Jigs

[Nicola Pero]

I am sure you misunderstood Kotesh.

Nobody is talking about replacing the GNUstep DO code in the
gnustep-base library with anything else, it's an idea which makes no
sense.  Kotesh was talking about an alternative distributed
communication mechanism to use in his own app.

    Gregory> I believe that CORBA is a better solution to this problem
    Gregory> because it is: Pros: 1) Language independent: CORBA has
    Gregory> bindings for C, C++, and Java.  2) A more widely accepted
    Gregory> standard than either JMS or RMI and, as such, would allow
    Gregory> communication to non-java and non-GNU-DO applications.

    Gregory> Cons: 1) May not be as flexible as DO, but I can't speak
    Gregory> to this since I don't know CORBA.  What does tying core
    Gregory> to jigs buy us?  Pros: 1) Allows us to communicate with
    Gregory> Java Programs as well as our stuff via RMI/JMS (etc.)

    Gregory> Cons: 1) It would make JIGS mandatory in order to even
    Gregory> build the core libraries, unless, of course, it is
    Gregory> conditionally compiled in if JIGS is present.  2) Code
    Gregory> would no longer be "pure" Objective-C.