Re: who should specify languages?

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From: Fergus James HENDERSON
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:15

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paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson) writes:

>In article <1gbau5INN53d@network.ucsd.edu> mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
>
>>Why do language designers never consider the interface to another language
>>worthy of the slightest standardization?  
>
>Eiffel has a standard interface defined through the "external"
>keyword.  The interface between objects and C is well defined in
>"Eiffel: The Language".

Ada and C++ also have standard interfaces to foreign languages.

>Not all language designers are dumb.

Indeed.

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