[Q] primtives versus apicall

James Gjerde jgjerde at contrarymotion.com
Fri Mar 12 22:05:04 UTC 2004


> Generally, the rules are: If you need quick and dirty results, use FFI. If
> you want to make something that lasts, use a plugin.

thanks, that pretty much answers everything.

> > ps: i do not want to touch or recompile anything that has to do
> > with the vm. what i have done so far with named primitives has
> > prevented me from having to recompile anything else but the code
> > for plugin, which is what i want.
>
> I don't understand what you're trying to say with the above. If you build
an
> external plugin you don't have to recompile or touch anything inside the
VM,
> right. So... what's your point?
>

what i was trying to say is that if using <apicall:> involved any vm
recompilation i would not want to use it. i would just write the plugin.

thanks,

jamie




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