Re: [OT] ABI vs. API
On 2004-02-08, Alan Chandler penned:
> On Sunday 08 February 2004 20:49, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> On 2004-02-08, Alan Chandler penned:
> On the other hand, it is also possible for two different
>> > languages to be used to write the implementation and the using code
>> > such that the two compilers produce a compatible interface.
>>
>> Yes, although the latter would probably be non-trivial.
>>
>
> Actually it happens all the time. Think about Linux, written in C,
> but application programs written in all sorts of languages.
I thought you were describing the situation of using two different
languages to compile to an identical binary file.
--
monique
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