[squeak-dev] Loading FFI is broken

Andres Valloud avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net
Wed Nov 20 20:31:45 UTC 2013


>     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).


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