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copied!<p>I am also interested in viable C++ RPC implementations. After some research, I found that etch, thrift and protocol buffers are the most promising solutions, however none of them actually meets all my needs. My search criteria are:</p> <ol> <li>multi-language, with C++ and PHP as a must (C#, Java, Python, Perl are not so important right now)</li> <li>the server <strong>can</strong> compile/run only on Linux (with Windows as a long-term goal)</li> <li>the client <strong>must</strong> run on Windows and Linux (and possibly Mac)</li> <li>open source and commercial friendly (that is, no GPL)</li> <li>it must support encryption out of the box</li> </ol> <p>And the candidates are:</p> <ol> <li><p>Apache Etch</p> <p><em>Pros:</em> </p> <ul> <li>the C binding is based on the APR</li> <li>supports encryption</li> <li>runs on both platforms</li> </ul> <p><em>Cons</em></p> <ul> <li>slow development</li> <li>lacks a PHP binding</li> </ul></li> <li><p>Apache Thrift</p> <p><em>Pros:</em></p> <ul> <li>small</li> <li>multiple language bindings</li> </ul> <p><em>Cons:</em></p> <ul> <li>currently, it doesn't support encryption (under development, at least for the C++ binding)</li> <li>on Windows, it requires Cygwin</li> </ul></li> <li><p>Protocol Buffers with an in-house developed RPC solution</p> <p><em>Pros:</em></p> <ul> <li>small</li> <li>multiple language bindings</li> </ul> <p><em>Cons:</em></p> <ul> <li>no built-in RPC</li> </ul></li> </ol> <p>Currently, I am evaluating the possibility to develop the RPC layer for Protobuf using APR.</p> <p>However, search continues...</p> <p>EDIT: I managed to work through some of these issues by using Apache Qpid (C++ version) with protobuf for serialization, although it currently lacks some features that I need.</p>

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