Re: Really auto autoloaded modules

[John Porter]

Branden wrote:
> 
> I really would suggest a close look at CORBA's IDL. I don't know if it can
> handle not-objects, as I'm sure it's desired. But I think having CORBA & IDL
> support will be certainly a need in Perl6, as it was stated this was one of
> the objectives behind making strong-typing possible. 

No, strong typing should not be an issue; lisp works with corba just fine.
If lisp can do it, perl can do it.  (Not to mention existing perl corba
capabilities, e.g. cope...)

Also, as you mention, corba idl is purely OO.  A procedure interface
capability can be seen in languages like Modula.

-- 
John Porter

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