On Saturday 19 July 2003 09:23 am, Martin Drautzburg wrote:
> Is it true that
>
> o in order to access an existing shared library I need to either
>   create a new primitive (named or numbered) or use the FFI
> framework.

No.

You could also use OSProcess and open a pipeline to an external 
program that uses the shared library.

> o the VM is not multithreaded, i.e. squeak will be frozen while the
>   call is being executed.

Yes.

> What can I do if I have a library function that does not return
> instantly ? Would it be okay to create a thread in a wrapper C code

Yes.

You should then signal a Semaphore so that the Squeak Process can wake 
back up.

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