Ditto here...
I had a simple class that used FFI to call some functions in an external library. For some reason, FFI no longer works for me on UNIX so I bought the "NuBlue" book and read the chapter on making plugins...and it made my head spin. I'm sure I just need to re-read the chapter and look at some working examples, but FFI is much simpler for 'quick and dirty' experimentation.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:41:42PM -0500, Stephen Pair wrote:
I know...but I like the simplicity of FFI. If you have a pre-compiled library (DLL) in hand, you can call it directly with FFI without needing to translate and compile anything.
- Stephen
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Tim Rowledge Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:40 AM To: squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: RE: External Libs (was Re: libcurl?!)
"Stephen Pair" spair@advantive.com is widely believed to have written:
I think this is a great idea. It is really easy with FFI
to interface
Squeak with external libs
As a general rule it will usually perform better if you write a plugin to interface to the external library. You get the chance to make a nice clean interface for the Squeak side, you can handle structures effectively etc etc.
tim
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