A Squeak ORB

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A Squeak ORB

I don't know enough about writing an ORB to begin coding, so at this point I'm simply reading existing ORB code and rediscovering the objects which would make up an ORB.

One essential feature of a Squeak ORB is IIOP -- this is part of the CORBA spec, but even if the ORB isn't initially compliant, being able to communicate from [eg] a Java Servlet using a Java ORB to Squeak opens up a ton of potential.

Done right, a Squeak ORB could be similar to SAMBA where CORBA servers just seem to get developed and maintained faster.

Some papers and online references:

JacORB -- a Java ORB. There are some here papers on implementation.
Fnorb -- a Python ORB. No papers, but Python's among the easiest languages to read.
Doug Schmidt's CORBA Links

Roadmap?
(in progress)