On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, L505 wrote:
>
> > > I'm off topic here but:
> > > I think there should be a standard reference counting mechanism (standards
> > > comittee?) between language. We have the standard ansi string header
> > > embedded in
> > > the ansistring but no standard reference counting mechanism. If this was
> > > the
> > > case we could share our ansi strings in DLL's with C++ and other
> > > languages.
> >
> > Ansistrings are unique to Object Pascal. The implementation of strings in
> > C++
> > is completely different.
>
> Which is why we need a standard implemented for OTHER languages to follow and
> implement. As pascal users, we follow all sorts of standards designed by C
> programmers and never think to implement our own standards for other's to
> follow. Not to mention we use all sorts of C dll/dso's but you rarely (never?)
> see any C people using pascal DLL/DSO's. It is this trend that makes Pascal
> weaker and weaker with time.
>
> We follow COM and CORBA, for example, it ain't written by a Pascal programmer.
> So I don't see what is so hard about someone else following a standard
> ANSISTRING ref counting specification written by Pascal inventors.
In that case, just submit the manual as the reference :-)
Michael.
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