CORBA in D

[Geoffrey Biggs]

On 02/03/12 10:54, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/1/2012 4:43 PM, Geoffrey Biggs wrote:
>> Morning all,
>>
>> In a project just starting, we want to use D (for its safety, amongst
>> other
>> things). However, we also need to connect to distributed objects that
>> have CORBA
>> interfaces. I did a search, and the most recent mention of CORBA and D
>> that I
>> could find is a post to this list nearly 5 years ago:
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Using_CORBA_with_D_55285.html
>>
>>
>> The linked project is still just as empty now as it was then.
>>
>> Does anyone know of any existing approaches to using CORBA from D that
>> have
>> perhaps appeared since then? If there isn't a direct implementation,
>> what are
>> the chances of using a C++ library such as omniORB from D?
>
> Isn't CORBA based on COM? D supports COM interfaces.

Are you referring to Microsoft's COM? If so, then I don't *think* 
there's any connection. CORBA and Microsoft's COM/DCOM are not 
compatible. CORBA uses a different (standardised, for what that's worth) 
distribution protocol to DCOM.

Geoff