10 May
2023
10 May
'23
1:57 p.m.
Le mer. 10 mai 2023 à 13:45, luigi scarso
Indeed, it's a very specialized subject, one needs to manage C and Lua quite well -- and the code is not portable, it's still somewhat experimental (in lua) and it's quite easy to break luatex. It's definitively for dedicated applications. You can see https://luajit.org, the FFI sections.
Thanks, Luigi. But FFI has been popularized quite a few thanks to Henri Menke (see https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb39-1/tb121menke-ffi.pdf or some FFI Q&A at tex.stackexchange.com). Maybe it is worth adding a few words about it (including the fact that it is still experimental and not portable)? Best regards -- Christophe