Re:C Isn't a Programming Language Anymore
by layer8 on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:52PM
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There isn’t the C ABI, as the article actually mentions. There are various ABIs, most of which (but not necessarily all) can be targeted by a combination of C declarations and compiler switches.
The one thing that could be improved is to come up with a better language than C headers to specify cross-language APIs/ABIs.
The fact that different ABIs exist cannot be helped. That’s something one has to cope with in any case, independently of C.
One way to sidestep many of the issues is to target the JVM. ;)
The one thing that could be improved is to come up with a better language than C headers to specify cross-language APIs/ABIs.
The fact that different ABIs exist cannot be helped. That’s something one has to cope with in any case, independently of C.
One way to sidestep many of the issues is to target the JVM. ;)