[linux-audio-dev] and just to finalize ...

Lance Blisters geoff at lek.ugcs.caltech.edu
Tue Nov 18 18:16:14 UTC 2003


> > i suppose that if i knew this was possible 2 years ago, i would never
> > have written JACK. that's the upside, perhaps. should JACK exist? is
> > the address space isolation worth it? big questions.
> 
> As others have also noted, adress isolation is god sent. Whatever you do, 

chiming in, address isolation is great.  gdam forks processes for
mp3 decoding... if mpg123 crashes, that one song ends early.  with
in-client mpglib a crash would take down the whole app.  for anyone
performing live, in front of audiences, stability and reliablity are
of utmost importance.

  -geoff



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