[linux-audio-dev] Re: Linux VERSUS OSS ???

[Paul Winkler]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:26:07PM -0700, Thomas Webb wrote:
> Say you have 3 months to deliver an audio app for both
> windows and linux.  If you take longer than that,
> you'll have to start going to work again or get
> evicted (I swear, this is a hypothetical situation ;P)
> JACK may or may not be ready by then, but if you use
> agile programming practices and an abstraction layer,
> your app will be ready for JACK or whatever new pops
> up, even at the last minute!

This abstraction layer already exists and it's called PortAudio.
Under those constraints I think you'd be nuts not to use it.

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Paul Winkler
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