Many applications do not need FFI, so it including would add
unnecessary (in many cases) bits to the footprint.

FFI is a one-click install from SqueakMap, which can be accessed
programmatically via the Installer class, which is included with
Squeak.

HTH.


On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:16 PM, kilon <thekilon at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I was wondering why I need to install FFI and why it is not included by
> default. Any programming language I have used included at least a single FFI
> with it in its implementations or at least something similar.
>
> Is there a specfic reason why its not included ?
>
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