14 Dec
2002
14 Dec
'02
8:54 p.m.
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 01:19:08 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
No, but I've heard that its not really c++ underneath. I'm always worried
about looking at things like that incase I even want to implement
something similar. I think its better to knwo its a (IPR) clean
implementation.
Yes, that was
my conclusion too. Its much cleaner than c++, but its
pretty slow. I'm quite supprised that Apple went for it for DSP
code.
OTOH, have you looked at how the VST host/plugin interface is
actually implemented? Pretty "interesting". :-) (And here we worry
about function call overhead...) Seriously though, I think a plugin API of this kind
*needing* C++
would suggest that there's something wrong with the design. It
shouldn't be that complex.
I agree. Sometime its nice to have OO contructs inside plugins though, eg.
filters are very clean if implemented with OO.
- Steve