top | item 44406790 (no title) billmcneale | 8 months ago Microsoft introduced this in Windows in 1993, it's called COM and is still in (heavy) use today.It basically powers all inter communication in Windows. discuss order hn newest vaxman|8 months ago Not really. COM/OLE is a different paradigm, their answer to an infamous vaporware called Taligent/OpenDoc that bankrupted many developers. Microsoft was sort of stuck with that security nightmare though billmcneale|8 months ago COM is exactly what OP was talking about.Apps can expose endpoints that can be listed, and external processes can call these endpoints. load replies (1)
vaxman|8 months ago Not really. COM/OLE is a different paradigm, their answer to an infamous vaporware called Taligent/OpenDoc that bankrupted many developers. Microsoft was sort of stuck with that security nightmare though billmcneale|8 months ago COM is exactly what OP was talking about.Apps can expose endpoints that can be listed, and external processes can call these endpoints. load replies (1)
billmcneale|8 months ago COM is exactly what OP was talking about.Apps can expose endpoints that can be listed, and external processes can call these endpoints. load replies (1)
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billmcneale|8 months ago
Apps can expose endpoints that can be listed, and external processes can call these endpoints.