Use whatever tool you feel comfortable with and does the job
for you, would be my suggestion.
But, HDirect isn't solely based around IDL as a specification
language, it processes C header files too (you can specify IDL
attributes separately from the header file declarations, if needed.)
Supports both CPP GNUisms and MSisms.
--sigbjorn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alastair Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Conal Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Doug Landauer (by way of Hans
Aberg)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Hugs Bugs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"Sigbjorn Finne (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 05:36
Subject: RE: Hugs on Mac with CW6 ? ... and Haskell Graphics Lib?
> > I'm surprised at the preference of GreenCard over H/Direct. H/Direct
was
> > designed as an evolution of GreenCard based on experience with it, and
has a
> > strong foundation, as described in ICFP '98.
>
> Perhaps I should admit a certain bias: GreenCard is partly my creation so
I
> have a soft spot for it...
>
> H/Direct would be the tool of choice if you happen to have IDL
descriptions of
> the Mac graphical API. Given Microsoft's interest in the Mac, it is
possible
> that these already exist.
>
> Lacking an IDL description, my tool of choice would be to use the FFI
directly
> and use a suitable ffi library to take care of the tedium (and/or to use
c2hs)
> GreenCard would probably never have come into existence if the current ffi
> specification had already existed.
>
> --
> Alastair Reid
>
>
>
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