LuaJIT FFI

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf foreign function interface
gptkbp:allows direct memory access
gptkbp:author Mike Pall
gptkbp:category programming interface
Lua library
gptkbp:documentation https://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html
gptkbp:enables calling C functions from Lua
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LuaJIT FFI
gptkbp:introducedIn LuaJIT 2.0
gptkbp:license gptkb:MIT_License
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:LuaJIT
gptkbp:supports C data types
C function pointers
C structs
gptkbp:usedBy scientific computing
game development
systems programming
gptkbp:usedFor high-performance Lua-C integration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:foreign_function_interface_(FFI)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7