Re: gnome and ice

[Tom Tromey <tromey cygnus com>]

Michael> Ok, so hopefully and obviously its using AF_UNIX type
Michael> sockets, would it be more efficient to use CORBA (not that i
Michael> really know much about CORBA or what i'm talking about at all
Michael> but i'm trying) or shared memory (clone())?

CORBA is a level up from AF_UNIX sockets.  Comparing the two is a
category error.

CORBA is a protocol.
AF_UNIX is a transport.

(Hopefully I've gotten the names right.  I haven't looked at the OSI
layering model for a long time.)

Tom