I recently read this at:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/08/18/magazine/moz_aint_netscape.html
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"XPCOM is a technology that allows for cross-platform communication
between software
components and pieces of code. For example, the piece of code that
controls the interaction of
the browser's back button is an XPCOM function call that works exactly
the same way across all
platforms, whereas before, this code needed to be different for each
platform the developers
were writing for.
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The articale goes to state that Mozilla is developing the browser ( &
other stuff ) in a cross platform code base that allows the mozilla
developer to create only one code base for all platforms and that other
organizations developing web apps with mozilla technology can have the
same advantage.
It sounds interesting! I don't understand it though.
Is XPCOMM a cross platform language like Java? If so why make it
instead of using Java? Does it use a virtual machine?
How does XPCOMM work as a cross platform code?
I also don't understand what is meant by a "web application" that people
beyond mozilla would use mozilla technology for.
I guess you don't mean web pages. Would this mean things like web
servers or something similar.
I'm fascinated
Steve
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