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Re:What's wrong with Software nowadays and how we can fix it by CJefferson on Monday December 05, 2016 @09:43AM (#13105598)
Most languages try this at some point, Java claimed you could link all your code into Java and use OOP.

Self-describing components in .NET

Visual Basic 6's component method.

Windows has had various of these, including ODE and COM.

Obviously, any linux distribution, and plain old C linking, probably comes closest (although that tends not to be self-describing.

Lots of RPC systems I would say fall into this list, just google for "self-describing RPC" to find a bunch of versions.

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Re:What's wrong with Software nowadays and how we can fix it by _pmf_ on Monday December 05, 2016 @10:17AM (#13105817)
CORBA and WSDL/SOAP.

Also, it's not quite correct to say that these failed. They did what they were supposed to do; they simply were not the magic bullet some proponents made them out to be.

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