On 29 November 2016 at 14:43, Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com> wrote:

 

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Ronie Salgado <roniesalg@gmail.com> wrote:

 

It is still needed to define a proper interface for embedding the VM. This interface should be a single .h file, with the highest level of abstraction possible. There are some other issues such as potential name clashes, and the fact that the VM symbols are public by default. At the bare minimum, it has to provide functions for initializing the VM, passing command line arguments, loading an image, running the image, and shutting down.

I don't know if its really suitable, but since Lua is the incumbent embedded gaming language, perhaps echoing it would make it easier to substitute ours for theirs.    

https://www.lua.org/pil/24.2.html 

cheers -ben

well, the problem is that we're in a bit more difficult situation that Lua.. in Lua there's no processes/contexts..

and if we would want implement an external message send i.e.  send message - get result, things not so straightforward as in Lua.

it's all because it was never designed to be run in a host environment and be open from that end.

that's why it is much easier to implement FFI, that C -> smalltalk API. 

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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.