Subj : Re: architecture strategy: JSAPI or XPCOM?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Jason
Date : Mon Mar 07 2005 05:36 am

Shanti wrote:
> Don't write any compiled code. Use my precompiled JS shell. Try to
read
> and understand http://www.jsdb.org/samples/readtek.js.txt

ah, if only it were that easy...
I hadn't considered writing the code in Javascript itself, which would
be a definite plus if I were stuck on a desert island w/o a compiler (
:o] ) , but the goal here is to permit reuse among different languages:
at a minimum C/C++, MATLAB, Javascript, and Perl, each with minimum
"ugliness" for users (e.g. simple black box use if people don't want to
get into details).

Because of this, the DLL approach is a win for implementation (not to
mention the fact that I am writing a GUI monitor program that needs to
share resources with other apps that use the DLL: namely the serial
port itself and some other shared memory), I just have to figure out
how to handle the programmer's interface & JSAPI doesn't look too bad.

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