On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Edwards, Shaun M. <
sedwards@swri.org> wrote:
> My main concerns is Geoffrey Biggs' comment below. Tuning should be a dirty
> word in software. I know it's needed, but successful software just works.
> Ease of use should always be our focus. It is this single issue that has
> been the nail in the coffin of every middleware I have used.
I agree on that.
One could reasonably argue that the attempt to solve the communication
problem in a relatively application-independent manner is doomed, and
that application-specific protocols are the way to go. Some people may
dismiss that as unrealistic, but I would argue that
application-specific protocols are the IETF approach, and that it has
been fairly successful, so far.
That said, there is a question of what the basis for such developments
should be, or, in other words, whether the protocols in the DDS family
are a better foundation for robotics applications than base-level
TCP/IP.
I guess answers to that question will be influenced significantly by
whether you're coming from an enterprise environment, or from an open
systems environment.
cheers
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Ingo Lütkebohle, Dr.-Ing.
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