From bd0ffbcc4e0f7abf5e811850fb9ebd93ca649966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:10:42 +0100 Subject: Elaborate on DSLs, IDLs, code analysis, etc. --- idl.mdwn | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'idl.mdwn') diff --git a/idl.mdwn b/idl.mdwn index adfd9b93..5486931d 100644 --- a/idl.mdwn +++ b/idl.mdwn @@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -An *IDL* is an *interface definition language*. The most well-known is CORBA. +[[!meta title="IDL"]] + +An *IDL* is an *interface definition language* ([[!wikipedia +Interface_description_language desc="Wikipedia article"]]). A well-known one +is CORBA. These are [[DSL]]s. An IDL compiler takes a specification and generates stub code that hides the transport details, and by this implements a [[RPC]] system. In the case of [[Mach's MIG|microkernel/mach/mig]], this hides the marshalling -and unmarshalling of parameters according to [[microkernel/Mach]]'s semantics, -and invoking the respective [[microkernel/mach/port]] operations. +and unmarshalling of procedures' parameters to and from +[[microkernel/mach/message]] format, according to [[microkernel/Mach]]'s +semantics, and invoking the respective [[microkernel/mach/port]] operations. -- cgit v1.2.3