Re: [Firebird-devel] Reference counters in API

[Vlad K. <hv...@us...>]

> 1. FB is multi platform, while IUnknown is inherently tied to Microsoft. 
> (Or am I wrong about this?)

    Absolutely wrong.

> 2. IUnknown compatibility would imply a lot of other stuff that FB 
> doesn't want, re. COM etc. 

    Wrong again.

> Although that may not be required per se, 
> just because of IUnknown compatibility, it is in people's minds very 
> tightly coupled with COM. This is not good. FB is not a COM object and 
> shouldn't be. Ever. Please. ;-)

    Nobody going ever think about COM.

Regards,
Vlad