Ah! So part of it is a patent issue? On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Nedko Arnaudov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Louigi Verona <[email protected]> writes: > > > I am relatively new to linux audio, so I would be grateful if you would > > explain to me the benefits of modular environment. > > Assuming that you mean modular environment in the sense of LADI as > opposed to the sense of plugins (LV2) in a single host, one of the > advantages is that with LV2 plugins, bad plugin will bring your whole > app down. With multiple JACK apps approach and a session handled, only > single JACK "plugin" crashes. You can still save the work, and even > restart (manually or automatically) the crashed JACK plugin. > > This is not the case with some all-in-one applications for Windows. They > use SEH (Structured Exception Handling) to display warning to user and > recommend him to save his work and restsart the app. SEH patent expires > in 2016. Since Windows XP there seems to be something new, VEH (Vectored > Exception Handling) that is also patented, expires in 2023. > > I'm not aware of exception handling alternative for Linux. > > -- > Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0> >
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