> Components are very dumb right now, we need smart components that understand their surroundings beyond the window. Then we will have truly portable components!
This is the iceberg problem. Component based programming has been around since probably the 60's. The easy part is making components. The hard part is making them (and this is the Holy Grail), portable. Pipes and Filters in the Unix OS is a simple example of one form of component development that actually works well.
This is the iceberg problem. Component based programming has been around since probably the 60's. The easy part is making components. The hard part is making them (and this is the Holy Grail), portable. Pipes and Filters in the Unix OS is a simple example of one form of component development that actually works well.