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That issue applies to anything 'managed', and applies between managed languages as well (actually more so, have fun interfacing between two different GC systems
by veltas 4y ago
That issue applies to anything 'managed', and applies between managed languages as well (actually more so, have fun interfacing between two different GC systems). The compatibility layer can be a bit warty, but does it matter? We just want the ability to use libraries/interfaces we find useful. I don't think this is unique to C, and frankly I think C has some of the easier ABIs to get basic interfacing with. What language can't talk in arrays and numbers?
- Someone 4y agoNumbers aren’t as easy as one would think because of the size of integers and endianness. Also, some languages need to convert their dynamically sized integers to 32- or 64-bit C integers. For arrays, multi-dimensional ones are tricky, as is returning them from calls. And then, there’s structure, with C’s insistence that fields in a structure get stored in declaration order and structure padding.