Maxima's interface to GUI's, etc. (was Re: [Maxima] Maxima - new GUI)

--- James Amundson <amundson@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
 
> One huge issue is the mechanism for communication. My preferred
> choice at this time is CORBA. I'm sure that will be a controversial
> choice, but I have some strong arguments for it.

*Peep*.  I thought the CORBA lisp bindings were unfinished? 
http://clorb.sourceforge.net/ is the only CORBA-lisp connection I'm
aware of - is that part of the plan?

Nuts, now I need to take another run at the CORBA docs.  Last couple
times I bounced off.  I don't actually oppose it, since what I've heard
suggests it does a lot of things well in theory, but I will say the one
or two times I've encountered it a good understanding of it eluded me. 
Can someone point me to a good layman's explanation of what it is
exactly that CORBA is/does and how it does it?

CY


		
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