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From: Russ McManus <mcmanr@nytrdc058.eq.gs.com>
Subject: Re: Ousterhout article on scripting applies to scheme
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paul-

papresco@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:

> 
> I hope so too. A standard FFI would go a long way to integrating these 
> facilities without integrating actual Scheme implementations.
> 

there is something approaching a standard ffi: the gh_
interface described in the guile documentation.  there
are multiple scheme implementations which will support
this ffi, making it an increasingly useful target.  the 
gh_ interface is not changing quickly, as is the rest of 
guile.

-russ

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