IDL interfaces

Robert Wittams robert.wittams@ic.ac.uk
Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:01:00 +0100



> IMO, when you begin to need a code generator, it's a very strong sign
> that your underlying interface is too complicated.  

Hm - a compiler is a code generator. They were made up because assembly 
became too cumbersome and complex for large projects.. I don't think a 
code generator is inherently evil...

Think of it as a message generator. The messages just happen to be encoded 
in registers, etc...

Offtopic:
Re: STL, I prefer Haskell for generic programming than C++  ;-)
The main problem with generic programming for me is that you 
really *need* to spend the 1 month on an algorithm to be 
convinced it is generic enough... but I digress.

Rob