+1
On 25 Apr 2010, at 12:12, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
yes communication with C library. so this is just a tool too.
Exactly. It is a tool. Not a dev tool in my opinion.In such way,
SqueakDBX is also a tool. A tool to persist in a relational database.
Mariano FFI/ALIEN is ***REALLY*** important to get the possibility
to call and write code in smalltalk
as mentioned by john so this is more central (closer to core) than
openDBX or refactoring browser.
Look at lua... why lua is cool because he can be embeded seamlessly
in C and call C. So if we do not put pressure
on FFI to support callback well or ALIEN then we will stay this
language that has problem to interact with the outside world.
This is why having FFI in pharo-dev is important. We should be able
to call mac native menu.
Of course we should pay attention that we rely too much on C library
but the world is getting more complex and writing
everything in smalltalk is also costly. Not FFI/ALIEN can reduce our
dependency to C compilation and C-writing so this is already
an important step.
Am I clear?
Stef
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