COM is hard to learn, unnecessary and only for M$ platform. LEAVE IT
If you would really like to learn it google it :-)
[edited by - kulik on May 25, 2004 5:57:56 AM]
If you would really like to learn it google it :-)
[edited by - kulik on May 25, 2004 5:57:56 AM]
COM is good if you need to support multiple languages, let VB kiddies access your precious API, perform inter-network procedure calls and the like. In the Unix world, there''s also CORBA which roughly targets the same problems as COM, thought there also is a Linux port of COM from Software AG.
For games, well, CrystalSpace uses something like COM''s interface scheme but I don''t see any advantages from that, besides hiding hideous downcasts (
) and slightly increasing overall abstraction through interfaces. COM has been superseded by .NET, so if you must, better go with .NET instead of COM.
-Markus-
For games, well, CrystalSpace uses something like COM''s interface scheme but I don''t see any advantages from that, besides hiding hideous downcasts (
) and slightly increasing overall abstraction through interfaces. COM has been superseded by .NET, so if you must, better go with .NET instead of COM.-Markus-
Yeah well crystal space is really complex, atleast it seemed quite complex to me when i used it.
Otherwise COM is excellent, its a good idea to impliment it if you have a large game with lots of objects that you are likley to lose track of.
Otherwise COM is excellent, its a good idea to impliment it if you have a large game with lots of objects that you are likley to lose track of.
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