[DotGNU]Re: [clisp-list] status of ffcall

[Bruno Haible]

> >  > It appears that the most recent version of ffcall, 1.8, dates back
> >  > to January 2001.  Whereas libffi is part of the gcc tree, and has
> >  > the possibility of being actively maintained by the gcc community.

... ffcall is part of the clisp tree and is actively maintained by the
clisp community.

The major differences between ffcall and libffi are:
  - License: ffcall is under GPL, libffi under LGPL.
  - Scope: ffcall does both the callouts to C and the callbacks from C,
    whereas libffi does only the callouts.
  - Functionality: ffcall also works for many simple 'struct' types.

Bruno