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Subject: Re: more porting issues to Java 11
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On 4/10/2019 9:46 AM, Sebastian wrote:
> Am 09.04.2019 um 00:41 schrieb Arne Vajhøj:
>> On 4/8/2019 12:40 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>>> PS: I'd also appreciate hints about what people are *supposed* to use
>>>   instead of corba nowadays. (Server is in C++ and client in Java, and
>>>   getting them into the same language is infeasible.)
>>
>> Most obvious: use web service.
>>
>> If you really want a binary protocol and an IDL then look at
>> Thrift or gRPC.
>>
>> Many like gRPC better but I actually like Thrift better.

> Or if you want a text-based protocol that can be used over any sort of 
> transport, look at Google Protocol Buffers.

gRPC is Google ProtoBuf over HTTP.

But ProtoBuf is as far as I know a binary format.

Arne