[fpc-devel] Dnamic packages support

[Marco van de Voort]

> Op Sat, 3 Nov 2007, schreef Michael Van Canneyt:
> > > played only with it.
> > 
> > Hm. I don't see what OSS or not OSS has to do with it ?
> > 
> > Packages are IMHO a pre-requisite for any good plugin system.
> 
> The reason is that the "library" construction requires you to write down 
> your binary interface, and therefore design it properly. If the 
> interfacing between application and plugin is automatic, it can also 
> change automatically without you knowing.
> 
> I believe such a system is only useable in contolled environments. If 
> plug-ins are to be developed by a third party, runtime-packages aren't 
> a feasible mechanism.

Of course, if only if it ties you down to the specifics of a language. But
that is not different between OSS or not OSS either.