So...which is the status of Alien FFI ? I remember Marco Schmidt did the first work of running FFI in windows...then I think David was integrating such changes in VMMaker..
so, it is ready ? can be generate the plugin using VMMaker for winwows and it just works? Thanks for any update Mariano 2010/5/26 Guillermo Polito <[email protected]> > Where can I read something about Alien? I can give a little hand for the > windows part :). > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Stef, >> >> I am more concerned about Alien on Linux, which is not working. Beyond >> that, I want to learn more about how to make calls using Alien; the more I >> read, the more I have my doubts about its ease of use. I will gladly eat >> those words if it's easy to use. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stéphane >> Ducasse [[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:04 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1 >> >> yes this is good point. >> I would like to have alien or ffi in 1.1. Now I do not know the status of >> Alien on windows. >> >> On May 26, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote: >> >> > Stef, >> > >> > My initial reaction to 1.1's approaching release was "where are the >> callbacks/aliens?" Sig appears to be offering some competition to Alien. >> If he/we can provide a comprehensive and convenient way to make calls, do >> callbacks, additionally put calls onto other OS threads, and do all of this >> on the three major platforms, then it could easily turn out the best option >> for external interfacing. >> > >> > I am happy to see us take time to get it right. My only concern would >> be that we not fall into a pattern of leaving out the difficult things that >> we set out to accomplish with a given release. Since 1.1 is approaching >> releasable form and FFI/Alien/NB is unclear at present, a release makes >> sense. >> > >> > Short answer: sure, whatever you say :) >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stéphane >> Ducasse [[email protected]] >> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:20 AM >> > To: Pharo Development >> > Subject: [Pharo-project] plan for 1.1 >> > >> > Hi guys >> > >> > we were discussing how we can handle 1.1 and the flux of good changes. >> > Here is the proposal: >> > we take two or three weeks to let people try their code in 1.1 >> beta >> > we integrate fixes that are important or easy >> > then we wait one week >> > then we launch 1.1 rc and 1.2 unstable >> > >> > does this plan look ok for you? >> > The key point is that we want to avoid to have a pile of changes pending >> because they can rot easily. >> > >> > Stef >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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