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ORBit is a CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture

The Common Object Requesting Broker Architecture is a Standardization defined by the Object Management Group that enables software componentry written in multiple programming language and running on multiple computers to work together....
 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker
Object request broker

In distributed computing, an object request broker is a piece of middleware software that allows programmers to make program calls from one computer to another via a network....
 (ORB). It features mature C
C (programming language)

C is a general-purpose computer programming language originally developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories to implement the Unix operating system....
, C++
C++

C++ is a general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level programming language and low-level programming language language features....
 and Python
Python (programming language)

Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python's core syntax and semantics are Minimalism , while the standard library is large and comprehensive....
 bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl
Perl

In computer programming, Perl is a high-level programming language, List of programming languages by category, Interpreter , dynamic programming language....
, Lisp, Pascal
Pascal (programming language)

Pascal is an influential imperative programming and Procedural programming programming language, designed in 1968/9 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structure....
, Ruby
Ruby (programming language)

Ruby is a dynamic programming language, reflection , general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features....
, and Tcl
Tcl

Tcl is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. Originally "born out of frustration"?according to the author?with programmers devising their own languages intended to be embedded into applications, Tcl quickly gained wide acceptance on its own and is generally thought to be easy to learn, but powerful in competent hands....
. Most of the code is distributed under the LGPL
GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License....
 license, although the IDL compiler and utilities use the GPL
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
.

ORBit was originally written to serve as middleware
Middleware

Middleware is computer software that connects software components or applications. The software consists of a set of enabling services that allow multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact across a network....
 for the GNOME
Gnome

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and wiktionary:subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus....
 project, but has seen use outside of the project.








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ORBit is a CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture

The Common Object Requesting Broker Architecture is a Standardization defined by the Object Management Group that enables software componentry written in multiple programming language and running on multiple computers to work together....
 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker
Object request broker

In distributed computing, an object request broker is a piece of middleware software that allows programmers to make program calls from one computer to another via a network....
 (ORB). It features mature C
C (programming language)

C is a general-purpose computer programming language originally developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories to implement the Unix operating system....
, C++
C++

C++ is a general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level programming language and low-level programming language language features....
 and Python
Python (programming language)

Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python's core syntax and semantics are Minimalism , while the standard library is large and comprehensive....
 bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl
Perl

In computer programming, Perl is a high-level programming language, List of programming languages by category, Interpreter , dynamic programming language....
, Lisp, Pascal
Pascal (programming language)

Pascal is an influential imperative programming and Procedural programming programming language, designed in 1968/9 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structure....
, Ruby
Ruby (programming language)

Ruby is a dynamic programming language, reflection , general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features....
, and Tcl
Tcl

Tcl is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. Originally "born out of frustration"?according to the author?with programmers devising their own languages intended to be embedded into applications, Tcl quickly gained wide acceptance on its own and is generally thought to be easy to learn, but powerful in competent hands....
. Most of the code is distributed under the LGPL
GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License....
 license, although the IDL compiler and utilities use the GPL
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
.

ORBit was originally written to serve as middleware
Middleware

Middleware is computer software that connects software components or applications. The software consists of a set of enabling services that allow multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact across a network....
 for the GNOME
Gnome

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and wiktionary:subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus....
 project, but has seen use outside of the project.

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