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 at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Tim Rowledge
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:40 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: External Libs (was Re: libcurl?!)
> 
> 
> "Stephen Pair" <spair at 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
> 
> -- 
> Tim Rowledge, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu, 
> http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim Useful > random insult:- Full of
wisdumb.
> 
> 
>