a bit until it could compile Bonobo.idl again, but now I'm back on track with my C++ version of the bonoboui_hello sample. I am becoming increasingly enraged at the libbonoboui C API. There is such a confusion between IDL-generated types and wrapper code, and the wrapper code totally obscures the separation between client and server [...]

branch can now support a simple helloworld client/server example. I'm very pleased about that. I've been dismayed at the lack of help from more expert CORBA C++ coders, but I guess it's like gtkmm – people only get involved after it's obvious that the project is viable. And people are really getting involved in gtkmm. [...]