pac-work
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6 months ago - It would be nice to have an open source reference implementation to demonstrate how the APIs should be used.
- The implementation would not have to be performant, but open and generic would be the goal.
- Such an implementation would also shift the inter-operation problem from the domain of code and linking somebody else's executable into very visible space, such as UDP sockets. That would make the integration completely vendor-agnostic if both parts participate.
- Invoking closed source 3rd party library from competitors linked into one's code may raise questions about proper support and responsibility in case of problems.
- Reference implementations also help with sanity-checking of implementations of the specification.
- VSF may also try to encourage vendors to open source their implementations (or relevant parts of it).