In comp.dsp Adrian Hey wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I see the VCSE ("VisualDSP++ Component Software Engineering")
stuff
> seems to have been dropped altogether from version 4.0. It seems
> a bit strange to have gone to such lengths to define this standard
> and write software to support it and then just abandon it.
> Does anybody know why?
>
> Since ADI offer no explanation of this decision in their release
> notes I can only presume it has been ditched because it sucked :-)
> Or maybe so few people used it they decided it wasn't worth the
> effort. But never having used it myself I can't say for sure.
> Anybody got any better info? Is VCSE really dead, or might it
> reappear again?
>
> My real reason for asking is that is seemed (at first glance at
> least) to address a real problem and it would be better to adopt
> the same solution as other ADI users rather than attempt a "roll
> your own" solution. But if it's dead I guess roll your own might
> be the best (the only?) option.
Hi Adrian,
your post made me read the VCSE manual supplied with my installation
of VisualDSP++ v3.5 for the first time. Indeed, it seems like a very
useful software development feature, especially if one intends to
develop software in a heterogeneous environment (including different
companies).
It could be a suitable model for an upcoming DSP operating system
that I am writing. Is support for VCSE really discontinued for
VisualDSP++ V4.0? Has anybody developed components with VCSE or is
using it at the moment?
(I am crossposting this to the ADSP e-mail group.)
Regards,
Andor
