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= Mentor = [[Slava Pestov]] = Skills required = - Knowledge of the executable format on one major architecture (Windows, Mac, or Linux) - Knowledge of C and Factor = Level = Intermediate = Technical outline = Right now, Factor has a system for deploying standalone applications. This packages up an executable with a Factor image and all the necessary shared libraries. What we don't have is a way to generate a shared library (%.dll%/%.so%/%.dylib%) which can be called directly from C/C++ programs using the standard platform ABI. Now, C programs can call out to Factor code, but must do so directly. It would be good if you could generate a shared library which runs Factor code without writing any C at all. This would be very useful in real-world applications. = Benefit to the student = The student will learn about executable binary formats. = Benefit to the community = Factor will be usable for writing plugins for other applications.
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