Steve Jones wrote: > > > In 2008 its a "bold" statement to say that dynamic discovery and > binding isn't an idea you "particularly" buy into. > > I think most people thought it was bollocks in about 2001. Almost > every decent registry product I've seen has been oriented around > people usage, its the only way to go. Its a nice reference and they > did some nice stuff but it really is what most people have been doing > for the last 5+ years.
I believe that Jini lookup has been in wide use since the late 1990s and it is all about machine based lookup. It's done by type, not by text, so that computers can understand the ability of the "service" to perform to the API that they are looking for. Mobile code allows the implementation to be bound at the moment of use, not at the moment of development. I know you know this Steve... Gregg Wonderly
