Applications Messaging Standard

[John Taylor]

On 8 Feb 2007, at 17:19, Doug Tody wrote:

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>>>    o	Be multi-language and not tied to any one messaging technology
>>>    	(such as Java RMI).
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>> Again, in my view there's no question that we should be multi- 
>> language.  But, the range of languages and platforms we want to  
>> support could influence technology choices, so....which ones do  
>> you think we must support?
>> http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/ 
>> ApplicationsMessagingInitialQuestionsSeventeen
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> For the desktop case, where users get to choose their favorite
> tools, languages, or analysis environment, and where we might
> want to interface to any client application, I think it has to be
> possible to interface to any popular compiled or scripting language.
> Of course someone might have to write a language binding, but if the
> wire protocols are chosen carefully, probably there will already be
> interfaces for all the major languages.

I think that's probably the case, but if you list the ones that are  
important to you then we can make sure we don't miss them.  The  
popularity of particular languages might also influence the choice of  
wire protocol(s).