Re: [xml-dev] The Browser Wars are Dead! Long Live the Browser Wa rs!

 wrote:
> C++ is an extremely poor 
> application development language with compile time static binding and no 
> (useful) runtime metadata.
> 
> To work around that, the CORBA people (who were also quite enamored with 
> C++) invented IDL (Interface Definition Language).

Umm, where did you read this? I had always the impression IDL
was invented for the purpose described in its name, and I have
no idea what this has to do with static typing or runtime
metadata.

J.Pietschmann