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

naruto canada narutocanada at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 18:34:16 EDT 2007


On 10/30/07, naruto canada <narutocanada at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

"server.h" has only one function:
extern char *eval_string (char *);

The only header file in that directory is server.h
I don't think this counts as a good example for implementing a predefined C API?
Do you mean, the whole gambit-c interpreter as deliverable?

>
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
>



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