On 18/03/2009, at 11:43 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
I should raise one flag about the email you forwarded: I smell a troll.
http://linkuistics.com/?page_id=56 http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/antony/blogView
Actually, it might not be a troll so much as someone who has bought into the idea that external components are a panacea. In my experience, there are some external libraries that are extremely helpful, but most are simply trash. The more "cool" the interface technology, the worse the software. Many C-callable libraries seem to do what the advertise; most are incomplete junk. I am sad to report that the vast majority of COM components are buggy non-sense with all manner of undocumented dependencies between the various methods. I will also freely admit that Dolphin's ability to dip into that pool of slime has saved my skin several times.
There are many good Java libraries, which is what I was talking about, but in any case you need to see the email that I was responding to. Antony Blakey ------------- CTO, Linkuistics Pty Ltd Ph: 0438 840 787 Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. -- J. M. Barre