kpt@ibism.UUCP (Kevin Tyson) (02/11/91)
I am using the Network Computing Architecture (NCA), Interface Definition Language (IDL) to make RPC calls between VAXen and Suns. I am using C++ on the Sun side can VAXC on the VAX side. I have encountered some minor problems, such as the presence of the dollar sign in IDL generated symbols, which I have successfully worked around. I was wondering though if someone had extended IDL to include some form of object support, such as inheritance, access control etc? I have not yet found a pressing need to design objects with matching server/client implementations but it would seem that with some extensions an IDL compiler could produce C++ code to do just that. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with knowledge of any work being done in this area. -- Kevin P. Tyson Phone: 212-657-5928 Fax: 212-825-8607 IISA c/o Citibank E-Mail: uunet!ibism!kpt 111 Wall Street New York, NY 10043