Re: Any Smalltalk ethusiasts out there?

"Nathaniel L. Walker" <NatLWalker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Better yet, imagine if they could somehow layer the API so that it is
function compatible with VS API, this would make it easier for IDE Add-in
builders to create versions for both VS and BDS with little work.

There's a potential for problems if they were to do that. In order to
make
sure the Add-Ins work the same in Visual Studio as they do in Borland
Developer Studio, you'd either have to imitate Visual Studio, or introduce
more layers and overhead in the IDE by adding a "middleman" to do the
conversion before the calls reach the IDE. The reason why the OTAPI
is different than Microsoft's Add-In API is because you just can't
plug such functionality into the product without [perhaps] licensing the
technology from Microsoft.
Imitate and then keep up with, which is even worse.


I believe Microsoft's Visual Studio SDK license prevents this.

I may be wrong; let me know if I am.


IANAL, but I've looked into this and I don't believe it
to be the case. But it doesn't matter since Borl^H^H^H^H
won't ever do it.

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HTH,
Brad.


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