Sigbjorn Finne (Intl Vendor) wrote:
> If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to have a look at the
> FFI that's being used for the Hugs/GHC system. The spec is available
> via the HaskellDirect home page
>
> http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/hdirect
>
> It supports static&dynamic call-outs as well as call-ins.
>
> If this FFI proves to be generally useful, perhaps someone
> might propose it (or a variant thereof) for H2, who knows.
>
> --Sigbjorn
I took an initial glance at this once, but I got the impression that it
was for interfacing with COM or CORBA objects. I didn't have much
interested in it because all I wanted to do was invoke a few external C
routines. (Using CORBA in such a case would be like using a hammer to
pound a thumbtack.) After rereading, I find that that isn't the case.
I'll probably take a closer look at this in the near future. BTW, what's
the ETA for exporting Haskell functions to the outside with H/Direct?
Thanks,
Michael Hobbs
