Yes, CORBA is complex and has some overhead. I have also read that
Microsoft's DCOM/OLE is very complex. I don't think either of
these is a good way to go, though there are some very cool applications
I have seen. A lab I know at LBL uses CORBA as a device interface.
You can do nice things
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Richard Gillilan wrote:
Even XML is very verbose for molecular data, but I haven't seen any
better way to write general objects to disk.
Apropos CML and verbose, I'd like to cite a recent post from Peter
Murray-Rust from svg-developers:
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:07:44
Konrad Hinsen wrote:
Indeed. But this illustrates nicely a frequent problem faced by
software designers: Software like OpenDX is powerful and flexible, but
also huge and difficult to learn. A small specialized tool is easier
to use for the specialized user. Of course those users then find
