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From: Shankar Unni <shankar@cotagesoft.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: .dll question
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:12:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9B98F6.3040003@cotagesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1033600781.14524.221.camel@lifelesswks>

On 10/2/2002 4:19 PM, Robert Collins wrote:

> No it can't. In general, C++ compilers don't interoperate. The C++-Lite
> FAQ has a section on this.
> From memory, the issues are:
> *VMT layout
 > [..]

And before someone jumps up and asks why this can't be reverse 
engineered - apart from the general difficulty of the task, there are 
even potential patent issues, as Microsoft claims to have patented some 
clever VMT layout and optimization algorithms that they use for VC++. 
It's unclear whether another compiler can use the same algorithm (to 
match VC++) without running afoul of these patents..




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-03  1:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-02  9:09 Phil Dempster
2002-10-02  9:39 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2002-10-02 16:12 ` Paul G.
2002-10-02 16:19   ` Robert Collins
2002-10-02 16:59     ` Paul G.
2002-10-02 18:12     ` Shankar Unni [this message]
2003-04-21  0:21     ` David Starks-Browning
2003-04-21  2:20       ` Dan Kegel
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-02 17:05 Paul G.
2002-10-01 16:45 Paul G.

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