The problem with the runtime library functions is that they have not been EXACTLY cross-platform, which is a big pain in the butt. Perhaps the situation has improved a bit in recent years... ============================================ Michael Gogins gogins at pipeline period com Irreducible Productions CsoundVST, an extended version of Csound for programming music and sound Available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/ ============================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Davis" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:20 PM Subject: [gmpi] Re: Reqs 5, 6, 11 for debate > >> exactly which "standard C language" functions are you thinking of > >> jeff? > > > >you know what I mean. fopen() etc? ANSI C, no? > > my impression from reading the VST plugins list is that either: > > 1) there are a lot of rather ignorant programmers out there > who simply have never come across these functions. > > OR > > 2) the implementation of these functions in various proprietary > operating systems (who would prefer you used their API) > is not particularly good. > > i don't know which of these is true, if either. one way or another, i > have this impression that win/mac developers don't look favorably upon > the "standard C" API. have i got that wrong? > > --p > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list > Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the > following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own > words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not > redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. > > Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi > Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe