Re: Lua Library Design Workshop

[ramsdell@... (John D. Ramsdell)]

Christian Lindig <lindig@eecs.harvard.edu> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:33:53PM -0500, Peter Shook wrote:
> > So how was the workshop?  Is there a summary of the outcomes?
> 
> * Loading of object files at run-time. Consensus was, that this is not a
>   technical problem, but a problem of policy. Where to put the tiny
>   target specific module that implements it? 

At the meeting, I suggested that libtool be studied for ideas.  GNU
libtool is a generic library support script.  Libtool hides the
complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable
interface.

    http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html

When I got back to work, Jay Carlson suggested that Python be looked
at for ideas.  He claims that Python does a very nice job of
supporting runtime code loading on a large number of platforms,
including Windows.  I don't know how they do it.

John