https://github.com/holmanb/c-ffi

Foreign Function Interface (go, c++, etc)
https://github.com/holmanb/c-ffi

c c-plus-plus foreign-function-interface go

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Foreign Function Interface (go, c++, etc)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/holmanb/c-ffi
• Owner: holmanb
• Created: 2019-07-17T04:15:15.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-26T21:02:10.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-19T15:07:16.190Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: c, c-plus-plus, foreign-function-interface, go
• Language: C++
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• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# c-ffi

## Purpose

The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of Foreign Function Interfaces.

Foreign function interfaces are a way for a program in one language to execute code written in another language.

## Goal

The goal of this project is to explore the FFI to C in a number of languages. This will ideally achieve multiple 

goals: to serve as an example repository for future personal usage, as well as (hopefully) provide some simple

tests in each language to test the performance of the interface.

## Methodology

There is a *small* toy library in C called [`set-c`](https://github.com/holmanb/set-c). This library implements 

a generic set in C using void pointers.  This library will be used in each language to do a small set of operations.

The usage of foreign functions in each language should follow typical conventions/coding style of that language.

For example, C++ is an OOP language and `set-c` is not OOP, but easily fits the OOP model.  Therefore, a wrapper 

class is written in C++.

After a few languages are supported, a standard set of tests will be developed to evalute the performance of

the FFI in each language.

## Organization

There is a directory for each language. For ease of building the code, a makefile is provided in each one.

Run `make` in the directory to build the binary.