20 Nov
2013
20 Nov
'13
9:31 p.m.
This is the same that I said before: just write a few lines of C, and use a C compiler to make prims or VM plugins (in the shape of a .dll or .so file).But you apparently miss the point that it can also be used to help a general FFI functon, and that FFI is much more useful than plugins, as discussed in this and related threads.
As I wrote before, I never meant to detract from the advantages of either mechanism. What I pointed out are some of the inherent restrictions in their usage because of how C works (like it or not, it's 99% certain C runs the OS in which we want to successfully run VMs).