> It seems even gcc3.2 and 3.3 must not be ABI compatible. Oh really, and I was hoping, that starting with gcc3, C++ would be ABI compatible (of course only as long as the API remains the same) :-(
> Hard, to call this freedom of choice ;) Shurely the most relyable way > >from user side is to get specs about interfaces. I guess it's a very similar situation as with Windows GDI printers. The manufacturers attempt to make the instrument as dumb as possible and to do the more complicated computations in software on the host, since this makes the devices cheaper. While e.g. a Xrite DTP41 delivers ready-to-use measurements over the (documented) V.24 interface, I suspect that the Spectrocam has rather only a low-level interface to fire the flash tube, an interface to the instrument's ADC, to the EEPROM, but probably not too much more. And everything else (calibration stuff, deconvolution, etc.) is presumably done in the SDK library. With this approach, the interface to the instrument's hardware basically degrades to an "internal interface" and only the manufacturer's hardware+software together provide the full functionality of the instrument. Similar to GDI printers, the manufacturers appearently rather don't like to document and publish such "internal" interfaces. Regards, Gerhard -- NEU : GMX Internet.FreeDSL Ab sofort DSL-Tarif ohne Grundgeb�hr: http://www.gmx.net/dsl ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
