| While it may seem somewhat retrograde in 1999 to publish a book which centers on C++
(rather than the hot C-based language, Java), this book will find an important place in the
library of programmers everywhere. Even as Java turns 35 in dog years (oops, I guess I mean
Internet years!), or about five in human reckoning, according to most surveyors of the
programming scene C++ is still the primary C-based language, especially in mission-critical,
high-performance systems. Fortunately, the CORBA technology discussed in this tome (as was
discussed in its predecessor Java-based version) excels at solving cross-language integration
problems. In fact, the de facto standard CORBA architecture provides interoperability in
thousands of distributed, heterogeneous enterprise-wide applications worldwide today;
heterogeneous not just in programming language but in operating system, underlying network
connection, and hardware platforms as well. This C++ revision of the book provides another
strong platform for understanding and implementing CORBA technology with confidence.break |
