Re: What does FFI stand for?

  • From: Coda Highland <chighland@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:24:27 -0800

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Parke <parke.nexus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is "FFI" an acronym?  If so, what does "FFI" stand for?
>
> (I was surprised I could not find an answer to this question on the
> LuaJIT website.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Parke
>

"Foreign Function Interface".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_function_interface

Short version: a way to use functions defined in a language that isn't
Lua (that is, "foreign").

/s/ Adam

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