[gambit-list] Can gambit-c fulfill this requirement?

naruto canada narutocanada at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 17:49:02 EDT 2007


On 10/30/07, Marc Feeley <feeley at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> On 30-Oct-07, at 5:33 PM, naruto canada wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> > Can gambit-c fulfill this requirement?
> > Let's say I have to implement some numerical library,
> > and given some C headers files and description for what the library
> > should do,
> > and the C interface can not be changed for binary compatibility and
> > ABI reason.
> > The library is simply numerical and
> > no IO or system call allowed (except malloc, free, and fprintf for
> > debug).
> > Can Hobbit generate C code that is suitable for linking and embeding
> > in other project? There is no need for an interpreter.
>
> I assume you mean Gambit (Hobbit is actually the name of another
> Scheme compiler)...

Sorry, I send four messages to scm gambit-c chicken and bigloo lists,
and scm is first one.

>
> Let me rephrase.  You want to implement a C API in Scheme.  The "main
> program" is in C, and it will call Gambit indirectly through the API.
> Yes that is possible.  Check the code in tests/client.c (the "main
> program") and tests/server.scm (the Scheme implementation of the API).

So basically, Gambit-c has all necessary c-types, good.
Thanks, will look at it now.

>
> Marc
>
>



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