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If Google decides to remain evil, cut/paste: site:support.microsoft.com security update "Microsoft Visual C++" /rafael On 5/20/2010 4:35 PM, Rivera, Rafael wrote: > Two issues come to mind immediately: > > * Servicing: If Microsoft pushes out a QFE for some CRT vulnerability > (http://is.gd/chWRN), users will be stuck with a vulnerable CoApp engine > until recompile/update. We haven't even talked about how we're going to > service the CoApp engine... eek. > > * Runtime explosions: Elizabeth mentioned the idea of using -- for the > lack of a better word -- plugins to extend the engine's capabilities. > For example, we could have a CoApp.Engine.dll and > CoApp.FeedProtocol.FTP.dll. If we statically link the CRT into both, > we'll have to be very very careful with regards to memory management. > (e.g. don't xalloc() memory in one and xfree() in another). > > > /rafael > > On 5/20/2010 4:16 PM, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Rivera, Rafael >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 5/20/2010 4:03 PM, Trent Nelson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I'm perplexed why anyone would want to forgo the advantages of C++ for >>>> C; I can make my C++ DLLs just as small as C ones. And, like, what if >>>> I want a linked list, or a hash, or a set, are we planning on writing >>>> all of those from scratch? Even string handling alone seems like a >>>> huge win. >>>> >>>> >>> The major concern was dependencies. If we move to C++, we'd have to then >>> start binding to, redistribute, and service the Microsoft Visual C++ >>> runtimes. If we used the latest version of the runtimes, for example, >>> we'd drop support for Windows XP Service Pack 0, 1, and 2 machines plus >>> exclude anyone using the Starter Edition SKU. (The latest runtimes don't >>> install on these platforms.) >>> >>> >> Static binding... >> >> Olaf >> >> > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
