Interface to call functions from other programming languages
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A foreign function interface (FFI) is a mechanism by which a program written in one programming language can call routines or make use of services written or compiled in another one. An FFI is often used in contexts where calls are made into binary dynamic-link library.
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A foreignfunctioninterface (FFI) is a mechanism by which a program written in one programming language can call routines or make use of services written...
In software design, the Java Native Interface (JNI) is a foreignfunctioninterface programming framework that enables Java code running in a Java virtual...
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treating foreignfunctions as functions written in the host language, such as differences in types and execution model. Foreignfunctioninterfaces enable...
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portal libffi is a foreignfunctioninterface library. It provides a C programming language interface for calling natively compiled functions given information...
amount of modification needed. However, most languages offer a foreignfunctioninterface, such as Python's and OCaml's ctypes, and Embeddable Common Lisp's...
implementation of a dynamic programming language. LuaJIT includes a ForeignFunctionInterface compatible with C data structures. Its use is encouraged for numerical...
compiles Python code into bytecode before interpreting it. It has a foreignfunctioninterface with several languages, including C, in which one must explicitly...
FFI; (* enabling identifier for foreignfunctioninterface facility *) <*FFI="C"*> (* pragma for foreignfunctioninterface to C *) Wikibooks has a book...
experimental. The preferred way of interfacing with C shared libraries is through the built-in C foreignfunctioninterface (CFFI) or ctypes libraries. PyPy...
traditional sense but rather a language-independent application binary interface based on COM to allow object-oriented APIs to be consumed from multiple...
inheritance (an unusual feature in statically typed languages). A foreignfunctioninterface for linking to C primitives is provided, including language support...
for a more efficient runtime. The latter also features a native foreignfunctioninterface (FFI), that supports inline C as part of Common Lisp. Inline C...
low-level operations explicitly marked unsafe, such as use of a foreignfunctioninterface). However, the performance overhead of garbage collection makes...
pattern. Glue code describes language bindings or foreignfunctioninterfaces such as the Java Native Interface (JNI). Glue code may be written to access existing...
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