Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] defending simplicity
From: Juhana Sadeharju (kouhia_AT_nic.funet.fi)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 11:37:29 EEST
>From: Kai Vehmanen <k_AT_eca.cx>
>
>1. It's not about genericity, it's about focus.
>
>Anyone remember the old Unix guide-line - "make your program do
>one thing well"? Of course we could go on forever making the
There are also some suggestions to not make unnecessary limits to programs.
See GNU coding style.
>want to write a Tetris for LADSPA.
What kind of system makes it possible?
You define a new type 123. Your plug-ins knows that type and can
discuss together. You may help the engine by telling how much bytes
your type is.
Now are those additions too complex?
If my application doesn't know what those 123 types are, it just cannot
use those plug-ins or connect them.
This kind of scheme is in use in AIFF file format. It would work perfectly
for us too.
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