June 9, 2011
9:46 p.m.
On 06/09/2011 10:54 PM, Dave Mason wrote:
Why are there two packages to do essentially the same thing? They both seem to be maintained but presumably there are fans of each.
IIRC it is historical. FFI has been around for a long time and is proven - AFAIK for example the whole OpenGL interfacing in Croquet/Teleplace is done using FFI. Alien is newer stuff and still being worked on I think, and if I am not entirely mistaken is actually complimentary? Someone with better knowledge can surely fill in. regards, Göran