Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:33:51 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit |
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Hi!
> > This email is here to announce the availability of a port of ORBit (the > > GNOME ORB) to the Linux kernel. This ORB, named kORBit, is available from > > our sourceforge web site (http://korbit.sourceforge.net/). A kernel ORB > > allows you to write kernel extensions in CORBA and have the kernel call > > into them, or to call into the kernel through CORBA. This opens the door > > to a wide range of experiments/hacks: > > > > * We can now write device drivers in perl, and let them run on the iMAC > > across the hall from you. :) > > Why would you *ever* want to write a device driver in perl???
Well, why not? When I created driver for 3com homefree camera (USB), it had to do lots of parsing, so perl was ideal language. [Well, I was not able to make driver work; anyway it would be good driver to be written in perl.]
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