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Re: Geodetic Development Tool

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On 7/31/2019 9:36 AM, Paavo Helde wrote:
> On 31.07.2019 9:08, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 7/30/2019 7:32 AM, Fred Killet wrote:
>>> Yes, 20000 lines of source code with geodetic functions have their
>>> price. However, WINDOWS programmers have the advantage to integrate
>>> geodetic functions as a DLL. That is already possible from 500 euros.
>>> Fred
>>
>> shared object files on Linux should work fine.
> 
> It takes some knowledge and experience to prepare a binary C++ .so which 
> would work on most Linuxes, especially if it is using a lot of 
> third-party libraries. The default model in Linux is to use the 
> system-installed C++ runtimes, but there have been ABI-breaking changes 
> in those runtimes, so one just cannot compile a .so on a random Linux 
> box and hope it will work everywhere. Third-party libraries with C++ 
> interfaces will add many complications, one could either use 
> system-installed ones or package them together with your own .so, both 
> approaches have serious drawbacks.
> 
> In short, the easiest way to install custom software (not included in 
> package manager repos) in Linux is to build it directly on the target box.
> 
> 
There is always the possibility for the vendor to provide binary 
packages for major distros.
For the vendor this is considerably harder than delivering sources, 
nonetheless the process can be fairly automated, at the advantage of not 
having to disclose the source code - which in this case appears to be 
worth an order of magnitude difference in price.

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Geodetic Development Tool killet@killetsoft.de - 2019-07-30 01:18 -0700
  Re: Geodetic Development Tool "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-07-30 12:44 +0200
    Re: Geodetic Development Tool Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-30 05:42 -0700
      Re: Geodetic Development Tool Fred Killet <info_nospam_@killetsoft.de> - 2019-07-30 16:32 +0200
        Re: Geodetic Development Tool "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-07-30 23:08 -0700
          Re: Geodetic Development Tool Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-07-31 10:36 +0300
            Re: Geodetic Development Tool "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-07-31 01:18 -0700
              Re: Geodetic Development Tool Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-07-31 11:52 +0300
                Re: Geodetic Development Tool "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-07-31 02:14 -0700
            Re: Geodetic Development Tool Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2019-07-31 14:44 +0200
            Re: Geodetic Development Tool Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-08-02 13:59 +0200
          Re: Geodetic Development Tool Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-31 00:36 -0700
          Re: Geodetic Development Tool Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-07-31 10:15 +0200
            Re: Geodetic Development Tool "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson_invalid@invalid.com> - 2019-07-31 01:22 -0700
      Re: Geodetic Development Tool Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-07-30 18:11 +0000

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