Re: Alpha release!

[Kultarr <kultarr@rocketmail.com>]

---David Morton <mortonda@horizon.hit.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Kultarr wrote:
> 
> > Of particular interest to me is how you plan to do the dynamic
module
> > linking... it seemed like perhaps you are striving for a CORBA type
> > of interface?  Or is it something else?  Not sure...
> 
> I think there are some similarities, but we are making our own
broker, to
> save space...  some may say that we are re-inventing the wheel...
I'd say
> we are redesigning it! (and using just the needed parts)

Something too CORBA-like would seem like it might be overkill and
add a lot of inefficiency and overhead.  I take it that you do not
see Mnemonic relying on RPC types of facilities to do its work --
rather the fetching, translation, and display of web information
all takes place on the local machine.  Is this a correct understanding?


> > One document had Managers and Handlers... not sure what the 
> > distinction was supposed to be there...
> 
> Just a handy way of describing their relationships... the Manager is
a 
> somewhat abstract interface, the handler is a specific
implementation of a 
> subset of the manager's duties. (did I say that right?)

OK, so the manager just delegates everything to some handler.
Thanks, I'll do some more reading and more questioning later. :-)

===
Kultarr
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