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ocaml dll in an Erlang runtime

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From:	Dmitry Bely <dmitry.bely@g...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] ocaml dll in an Erlang runtime

On 6/21/07, Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:

> I think a lot of people (myself included) would benefit enormously if you
> could explain in words of one syllable exactly how you can compile an OCaml
> program into a DLL (.so on Linux) and call it from C.

If COM interface is OK for you and your target platform is Windows,
the answer is simple: Camlidl. BTW, .Net framework supports COM
components almost natively, so you'll get F# <-> Ocaml interaction for
free :)

- Dmitry Bely