[cap-talk] Piping capability communication, data vs. descriptor capability strengths

[John Carlson]

On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Jed Donnelley wrote:
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> In principle of course capability communication systems can provide  
> similar facilities for "piping" data between running programs.

I think languages like VRML/X3D use routes to communicate objects  
(nodes) or values between parts of a program (especially between  
structure and behavior).  JavaFX has some cool listener like features  
built into the language.  You can "bind" one variable to another one,  
so when one changes, the other changes.   This use of routes or bind  
variables would be useful to communicate capabilities within a  
program, or if written in a shell (plash?) between processes.  I'd  
definitely look at plash again, if you haven't looked at it recently.

John