Re: [Overflow] Re: DL and PL integration

[Brad C. <cha...@ar...>]

Jean-Marc wrote:
>  I still think linking the PL with the BL is the right thing to do...
>  instead of using CORBA, we could just use simple callbacks, which
would be
>  much simpler and faster when exchanging large data.

The thing I really want is to be able to write nodes that work in Piper
in languages other than C++. For instance, the AlBeanBox and ISYS nodes
are written in java -- I think it would be really nice if we could plug
these into the same node framework. In general, it would be nice if
people had a number of language choices for writing node extensions in.

I will freely admit that I don't really understand how this will work,
but I really want to work towards it. I see having a CORBA layer for
these callbacks will at least be a small step towards this goal.

What do you guys think? Am I being crazy here as well? Is there any way
we are going to be able to do this?

BTW, would it be helpful if we had an IRC session to talk about this and
try to iron some things out? I believe Jarl is 6 hours behind Jean-Marc
and I, so if we want to try this, maybe we should try to for sometime
between 4pm and 6pm (Jean-Marc and my time) someday next week. What do
you guys think? I'm pretty open during these times next week (although
Wednesday is the worst, but I can rearrange), so it anyone wants to
propose a time to do talk, I would be very up for it. I just think it
might help us hash through some stuff a little faster and is easier than
e-mail sometimes...

Brad