[Typo3-dev] XML idea - nothing to do with it

[Michael Zedeler]

Hi Dan,

I spent a little time looking around for alternatives to OMG-IDL and 
didn't find anything great, but I did find this project:

Open Babel - a project that uses both IDL-style and some new XML format 
for interface specifications. Open Source and currently funded by a 
handful of universities.

http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/components/openbabel.html

and an article that mentions a handfull of more or less useful languages:

http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/DVT/Publikationen/tools2000.pdf

Regards,

Michael.

dan frost wrote:
> Actually, it came out of my work on ObTS. I wanted a way to pick scripts 
> for different platforms (e.g. bash, windows/dos etc)  with as little as 
> possible code.
> 
> I've looked around at some existing language-abstractions and will 
> report back when I find a good use for it....
> 
> dan
> 
> Michael Zedeler wrote:
> 
>> dan frost wrote:
>>
>>> I have an idea and am not sure if it's useful. I've written some 
>>> proof of concept code already and it works.
>>>
>>> Here's a library of functions in different langauages.
>>>
>>> -
>>> <library>
>>> <name>Standard Library</name>
>>> <function lang="php">
>>>     #echo "Hello world";
>>>     #phpinfo();
>>>   </function>
>>> <function lang="bash">
>>>     ls /httpdocs
>>>   </function>
>>> </library>
>>>
>>> The php i've written goes through an executes a chosen function with 
>>> the write language/interpreter..
>>>
>>> So, any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hmmmm.... what is the purpose - is it making it possible to write 
>> typo3 modules in many different languages or just executing som small 
>> utility functions when needed such as the look-for-dead-links function 
>> mentioned in another recent thread?
>>
>> The second thing is fairly straight forward and could easilly be done 
>> using the structure that you outline above, although I'd suggest using 
>> an exisitng standard. There must be one somewhere out there. OMG IDL 
>> doesn't seem to be useful since it doesn't have any PHP binding 
>> descriptions.
>>
>> If it is the first thing, then there is a lot of things to consider 
>> with regard to sharing variables and functions between the different 
>> languages. Microsoft did some work with that in ASP. Another way to go 
>> is UNO (from SUN), though I haven't tried it - a web application 
>> framework under the Mozilla organization using UNO exists. I am not 
>> aware of any PHP-UNO bridge.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael.
>>
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