22 Jul
2002
22 Jul
'02
4:29 p.m.
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?).
It is implemented in NHC and in the current CVS copy of Hugs too.
I mean, is there a standardized way to call foreign code? Am I wrong?
When 3 out of 4 Haskell compilers support it, I'd say it is a de facto standard and can be relied upon just as one could (and still can) use GreenCard to generate portable code. -- Alastair Reid alastair@reid-consulting-uk.ltd.uk Reid Consulting (UK) Limited http://www.reid-consulting-uk.ltd.uk/alastair/