Re: OT: Remote objects WAS: Re: [pygame] InteractiveConsole

[Christopher Armstrong <carmstro@twistedmatrix.com>]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:15:49PM -0500, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand what you want, either, but if you want 2 
> > processes to interact (your pygame and then a separate interactive 
> > shell process), check out Pyro at http://pyro.sourceforge.net/ .
> 
> Can someone please explain to me a genuinely useful purpose for remote
> object technology like pyro or corba, other than "gee, that's neat"?
> Honest question.

Implementing protocols (dealing with bytestreams) is a PITA, passing
around objects isn't.

I wouldn't say CORBA is a good way to do it, though. I would, of
course, recommend Twisted's Perspective Broker, which makes doing
simple things easy, and complex things possible.

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