On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, David, all > > i just want to know, if we can use FFI calls, for implementing an > OSProcessPlugin functionality (or at least most of it). > and if there parts which is hard to implement, i would like to know > what and why. > Once we have the threaded FFI and the threaded VM then yes, because one can block one thread in a read without blocking the entire VM. But without the threaded VM one needs asynchronous i/o. > If you want to ask, why one would want to do this.. the answer is simple: > we stated previously, that we want to reduce the VM complexity by > implementing things at language side, when it possible, > leaving only key parts to VM. > This is the main reason why i consider implementing OSProcess using > purely FFI, not because of quality of OSProcessPlugin > implementation etc. > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > > -- best, Eliot
