Fyodor,
Thanks for the explanation .. I wasn't aware that people have done shared
library builds already ... your reasoning makes sense. The XML interface
is a more loosely-coupled interface between nmap and whatever external
program is used to parse it .. and that is certainly the way to go when
internals/features are changing rapidly :).
Regards,
Max
On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:27:03 PST, Fyodor wrote:
> Because Nmap is still evolving rapidly enough that I am not ready to
> commit to a stable API. On the other hand, I feel that I can keep the
> XML output backward-compatable while still introducing cool new
> features and technology to Nmap. Other people can (and do) create
> shared library builds of Nmap, but those rarely last long because Nmap
> changes more rapidly than they can keep up the patch. The XML output,
> on the other hand, should remain reasonably stable.
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