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Another evolution on &UNIX;-like scripting is the <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/dcop.html"><emphasis>DCOP</emphasis></ulink> protocol which was devised for communication between &kde; applications to overcome the limitations of CORBA.
Another evolution on &UNIX;-like scripting is the <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdetqt/dcop.html"><emphasis>DCOP</emphasis></ulink> protocol which was devised for communication between &kde; applications to overcome the limitations of CORBA.
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&DCOP; stands for <emphasis>Desktop Communication Protocol</emphasis> and is implemented as a simple IPC/RPC mechanism built to operate over sockets. In effect this provides facilities similar to the traditional &UNIX; pipe mechanism.
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There are drawbacks, however. To use &DCOP; a program must be designed to contain a special &DCOP; interface. And the &DCOP; communication process runs somewhat slowly (although a lot faster than CORBA). But it returns much of the power and flexibility of &UNIX; scripting to high-level programs which are based on a graphical user interface.
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For more information, see the <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/dcop.html">DCOP: Desktop COmmunications Protocol</ulink> paper or <ulink url="developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/dcop/html/index.html">The &DCOP; Desktop Communication Protocol library</ulink> &API; reference of the &kde; dcop library.
For more information, see the <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdetqt/dcop.html">DCOP: Desktop COmmunications Protocol</ulink> paper or <ulink url="developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/dcop/html/index.html">The &DCOP; Desktop Communication Protocol library</ulink> &API; reference of the &kde; dcop library.