the code of ffmpeg ( http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ ) is OO and in C, and believe me it's really pleasant to dig into this code. Don't generalise please. François, who has a lot to do tomorrow. ²zZ En réponse à Nathan Whitehorn <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > >I've looked at the way BONE was designed, and although it may be > > > fast, > > >it is quite ugly. > > > > Just out of curiosity, what about BONE struck you as ugly? All I > > know > > about BONE is what I read in the Be Newsletter article that came out > > about > > it, and as I recall it sounded quite nice to me... > > Well, first of all, it's OOP in C, which is often a recipe for > ugliness. The code I've seen (*not* leaked, the sample headers that > were released) was a complete mess. Also, doing things in the kernel > meant not really being able to interact with user-space apps. For > instance, a net_server addon I wrote once that monitored ethernet > activity put up a deskbar widget. BONE add-ons couldn't do that. > -Nathan > > -- > Fortune Cookie Says: > > It shall be unlawful for any suspicious person to be within the > municipality. > -- Local ordinance, Euclid Ohio > > >