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diff --git a/html/projects/corba.html b/html/projects/corba.html index 2b70fbc1..35faa73f 100644 --- a/html/projects/corba.html +++ b/html/projects/corba.html @@ -1,27 +1,37 @@ -<h2>An Experimental CORBA binding for ML</h2> +<h2>An Experimental CORBA binding and IDL mapping for ML</h2> <p> The future version of Proof General may use CORBA as a communication mechanism between different components. CORBA is also used by the Unix/Linux desktops KDE and GNOME, which use the free implementations MICO and ORBIT respectively. We would like to be able to use ML to -write applications and utilities in, to interface with other CORBA -components on the desktop and network. For this a CORBA binding for -ML is needed. This project involves the design and implementation of -an experimental version of such a binding, using one of the -open-source ML compilers such as Moscow ML, Poly/ML or OCaml (there -may already be a project underway for the last of these). +write to interface with other CORBA components on the desktop and +network. For this a binding for ORB functions in ML is needed, as well +as perhaps a mapping from the CORBA IDL into Standard ML, so that +we can write CORBA enabled applications in SML. </p> <p> -A CORBA binding for Haskell would also be an interesting project. +This project involves the design and implementation of an experimental +version (subset of features) of such a system, using one of the +open-source ML compilers such as Moscow ML, Poly/ML or OCaml (in fact, +there is already some handling of COM in OCaml which can be used to +access an ORB). Essentially, we want to analyse the feasibility +and performance of using a CORBA architecture for Proof General. </p> +<p> +An CORBA binding for Haskell would also be an interesting project. +</p> +<p> +See +<a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~cvr21/projects.html">Claudio Russo's</a> +project suggestion for a similar proposal, including useful links. </p> <p> <b>Skills:</b> -Good ML programming skills and understanding of abstraction -mechanisms, basic understanding of CORBA. +Good ML, C, C++, programming skills and understanding of abstraction +mechanisms, basic understanding of CORBA and willing to get to +grasps with some of MICO or ORBIT. </p><p> <b>Proposers:</b> <a href="http://www.in.tum.de/~wenzelm/">Markus Wenzel</a> and <a href="http://zermelo.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~da">David Aspinall</a>. - </p> |