libffi 1.20 review

libffi is a library that really only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface.

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 106K Developer: Anthony Green

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libffi is a library that really only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface.

A layer must exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed between the two languages. ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface.

A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language.

Libffi has been ported to:

SunOS 4.1.3 & Solaris 2.x (Sparc v8)
Irix 5.3 & 6.2 (System V/o32 & n32)
Intel x86 - Linux (System V ABI)
Alpha Linux and OSF/1
m68k - Linux (System V ABI)
PowerPC - Linux (System V ABI)
ARM - Linux (System V ABI)