Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 04:03:38PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > 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 us

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 01:49:03PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-08, Alan Chandler penned: > > On Sunday 08 February 2004 19:12, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> On 2004-02-04, Colin Watson penned: > > > >> > An ABI is the interface to a library as seen by compiled code. To > >> > figur

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-09 Thread Georg Nikodym
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:20:48 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit confused, I guess. What's the difference between an API > (Application programmer interface) and an ABI (application binary > interface)? In both cases, they seem to be libraries used by developers > to

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-08 Thread Monique Y. Herman
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 comp

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-08 Thread Alan Chandler
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. > > Ye

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-08 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-08, Alan Chandler penned: > On Sunday 08 February 2004 19:12, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> On 2004-02-04, Colin Watson penned: > >> > An ABI is the interface to a library as seen by compiled code. To >> > figure out the ABI for the above, you need to know things like >> > which way round

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 08 February 2004 19:12, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-04, Colin Watson penned: > > An ABI is the interface to a library as seen by compiled code. To > > figure out the ABI for the above, you need to know things like which > > way round the bytes in an int go, how long a pointer i

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-08 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-04, Colin Watson penned: > [snip] > An API is the source code interface to a library. So, for instance, > this is an API, together with the description of what the functions > do, how you're allowed to use them, and what the arguments and return > values mean: > >#include > >

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-04 Thread David Clymer
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 14:20, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I'm a bit confused, I guess. What's the difference between an API > (Application programmer interface) and an ABI (application binary > interface)? In both cases, they seem to be libraries used by developers > to do stuff. > API has to do

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:20:48PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I'm a bit confused, I guess. What's the difference between an API > (Application programmer interface) and an ABI (application binary > interface)? In both cases, they seem to be libraries used by developers > to do stuff. Neit

Re: [OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-04 Thread Andy Firman
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:20:48PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I'm a bit confused, I guess. What's the difference between an API > (Application programmer interface) and an ABI (application binary > interface)? In both cases, they seem to be libraries used by developers > to do stuff. This

[OT] ABI vs. API

2004-02-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
I'm a bit confused, I guess. What's the difference between an API (Application programmer interface) and an ABI (application binary interface)? In both cases, they seem to be libraries used by developers to do stuff. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of