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After several months of hard work we are almost ready with our IDL to C++11 Language mapping. The full team has worked on a reference implementation in parallel. Everything we wanted to achieve has been accomplished, in fact, it even got better!

The new mapping will be much easier and safer to use. A lot of errors are now just impossible to make, the compiler will reject the application code. Also the new C++11 move semantics will lead to a more performant implementation than with plain C++!

As part of our DDS4CCM solution we had to integrate RTI DDS into our product. The goal was to have a solution that could easily switch between DDS vendors. RTI doesn't follow the formal IDL to C++ mapping, they have created their own custom language mapping that is RTI specific. In the past more people wanted to use IDL to C++, therefore the RTI product does contain a CORBA Compatibility Kit (CCK). This CCK is only focused on the user defined types, not on the builtin types like DomainParticipant, Publisher, Subscriber, Reader, and Writer.

This morning I gave an initial presentation about our ideas for CCM5. The feedback was positive, most of the questions where regarding the new name: OCCAM. Multiple people proposed to focus it on the RT domain which resulted in Component Architecture for Real Time (CART). At this moment the name is our least concern, next step is to decide whether we want to go for a RFP or RFC and write the necessary documents.