On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:35:05PM -0600, Derek Elkins wrote: > On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 17:09 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > > >>>>> "Jake" == Jake Mcarthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Jake> Actually, that's not the whole story. I didn't realize until > > Jake> I sent it. There does exist good documentation for this, I > > Jake> promise. > > > > Good. Let me know where it is when you track it down. > > > > The link you pointed me too doesn't seem to address my question > > directly. Also, it only talks about C. > > > > If I want to call Haskell (and I do, perhaps) from another > > garbage-collected language (Eiffel, in particular) using C as the > > mutually understood language, am I not going to run into big problems? > > Read the FFI Report. It is relatively readable and comprehensive. > http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/ffi/ > > And yes, you will have to use C as an intermediary, though you may not > have to actually write any C. You simply expose the Haskell functions > in whatever form the other language expects. You'll almost certainly > have to write marshalling code of some sort.
I often like to look at these situations as an opportunity to introduce modularity and piping. Do you really need them running in the same address space? > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
