Cross-platform alternative to COM

Question

I\'ve been enamoured with component based programming (be it with COM, another system, or just using the paradigm in plain C++). It requires a bit of getting used to, if one is

Answer 1

Why do you think that CORBA is not fast enough? Have you measured things recently?

Modern implementations of CORBA can make remote calls in less than 150 usecs. Way below your 2msec budget. Modern implementations of CORBA can optimize in-process calls to basically two virtual function calls, though that usually requires the application to forgo some features (interceptors for example.) Even a full featured in the worst case scenario local calls are a couple of lookups + some virtual calls, I do not have numbers handy, but I am certain it is below 50 usecs.

Check this out for some performance numbers:

http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/Stats/performance.shtml