what is COM objects?

[ZoneFire]

Some language interoperability was provided later with the introduction of COM. C++ classes could be coded up as COM objects, which meant that they could be called very easily from other applications written in any COM-aware language including VB, J++, C and C++. However COM had the disadvantage of being very hard to learn, and it also never really supported inheritance in classical object-oriented way.

http://www.simonrobinson.com/DotNET/Articles/Languages/IntroCSh.aspx


this is the article that i read.
but then, can i know what does it mean by COM objects?
thank you

 

[Iron_Cross]

A COM component is just an object that has been programmed using the Component Object Model (COM) which is, not suprissingly, a programming model to follow. When using C#, you don't really need to concern yourself with COM obects unless you're working with legacy (pre .NET) code (such as C++ components or VB 6 [or earlier] components). Of course, just because something was programmed in these languages (and others) doesn't automatically make them COM objects, they have to have been programmed according to the component object model.