From 985889e0b6a26daa29818a78aba1122917e39fea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Radi Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:52:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more verbose intro git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@62056 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1 --- functions/com.xml | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/functions/com.xml b/functions/com.xml index 33704a0cfa..07aa3e4976 100644 --- a/functions/com.xml +++ b/functions/com.xml @@ -1,15 +1,26 @@ - - - COM support functions for Windows - COM - - - - COM functions are only available on the Windows version of - PHP. These functions have been added in PHP 4. - - + + + COM support functions for Windows + COM + + COM is a technology which allows the reuse of code written in any + language (by any language) using a standard calling convention and hiding + behind APIs the implementation details such as what machine the Component is + stored on and the executable which houses it. It can be thought of as a super + Remote Procedure Call (RPC) mechanism with some basic object roots. It + separates implementation from interface. + COM encourages versioning, separation of implementation from + interface and hiding the implementation details such as executable location and + the language it was written in. + COM functions are only available on the Windows version of + PHP. + For further information on COM read the + COM + specificationor perhaps take a look at Don Box's + Yet Another COM + Libracy (YACL) +