>I'm making the point that the host interface shouldn't be forced to provide >every conceivable OS feature just in order that the implementation code be >completely platform independent. agreed. i think one of our tasks is to identify the set of OS features that will cover, oh, 98% of all cases, and then to follow the excellent maxim: "make the easy trivial, the hard easy, and the impossible feasible." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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