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COM是面向对象分布式应用程序开发中重要的中间层技术。本书作者根据自己多年，COM实践开发的经验和心得，总结出了50条重要的规律，并归纳为6大类。另外，还通过网站提供了书中的代码。
Preface The evolution of the component Object Model(COM)has in many weays paralledled the evolution of C++. Both movements shared a common goal of achieving better reuse and modularity through refinemenets to an existing programming model. In the case of C++, the preceding model was procedural programming in C, and C++s added value was its support for class-based object-oriented programming. In the case of COM, the preceding model was class-based programming in C++, and COMs added value is its support for interface-based object-oriented programming. ……