[LAD] LADI

[Louigi Verona]

Ah! So part of it is a patent issue?

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Nedko Arnaudov <nedko at arnaudov.name> wrote:

> Louigi Verona <louigi.verona at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am relatively new to linux audio, so I would be grateful if you would
> > explain to me the benefits of modular environment.
>
> Assuming that you mean modular environment in the sense of LADI as
> opposed to the sense of plugins (LV2) in a single host, one of the
> advantages is that with LV2 plugins, bad plugin will bring your whole
> app down. With multiple JACK apps approach and a session handled, only
> single JACK "plugin" crashes. You can still save the work, and even
> restart (manually or automatically) the crashed JACK plugin.
>
> This is not the case with some all-in-one applications for Windows. They
> use SEH (Structured Exception Handling) to display warning to user and
> recommend him to save his work and restsart the app. SEH patent expires
> in 2016. Since Windows XP there seems to be something new, VEH (Vectored
> Exception Handling) that is also patented, expires in 2023.
>
> I'm not aware of exception handling alternative for Linux.
>
> --
> Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>
>
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