[gmpi] Re: Reqs 5, 6, 11 for debate

  • From: "Michael Gogins" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:01:54 -0500

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...

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Michael Gogins
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Irreducible Productions
CsoundVST, an extended version of Csound for programming music and sound
Available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/
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----- 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
>
>
>
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