H/Direct: A Binary Foreign Language Interface for Haskell

H/Direct is a foreign-language interface for the purely functional language Haskell. Rather than rely on host-language type signatures, H/Direct compiles Interface Definition Language (IDL) to Haskell stub code that marshals data across the interface. This approach allows Haskell to call both C and COM, and allows a Haskell component to be wrapped in a C or COM interface. IDL is a complex language and language mappings for IDL are usually described informally. In contrast, we provide a relatively formal and precise defynition of the mapping between Haskell and IDL.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: ICFP
• Authors: Sigbjorn Finne, Daan Leijen, Erik Meijer, Simon L. Peyton Jones
• Keywords: Approach Allows Haskell, Compiles Interface Definition, Functional Language Haskell, ICFP 1998, Programming Languages