23 Jul
2002
23 Jul
'02
5:43 a.m.
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Is this a good moment, or should I wait for FFI?
If we believe the marketing hype, ghc-5.04.1 will have what it takes, and the FFI spec is stable (they say..).
Yes, but (as far as I know) ghc's FFI is not implemented in other haskell systems (or am I wrong?). I mean, is there a standardized way to call foreign code? Am I wrong?
GHC 5.04 implements the proposed standard FFI. Hugs is currently being brought in line by Alastair Reid and nhc98 has it on its todo list. This is as close to a standard as you'll get at the moment. For anything OpenGL related, I would recommend to take exactly the same route as Sven has done. Consistency is good! Cheers, Manuel