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.
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.
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.