Chapter 8. Interfacing with other languages
This chapter covers
- Getting to know Nim’s foreign function interface
- Distinguishing between static and dynamic linking
- Creating a wrapper for an external C library
- Using the JavaScript backend
- Wrapping JavaScript APIs
For many years, computer programmers have been writing software libraries in various programming languages. Many of these libraries have been in development for a very long time, accumulating features and maturing over the years. These libraries are not typically written in Nim; instead, they’ve been written in older programming languages such as C and C++.
When writing software, you might have required an external C library to perform a task. A good example of this is the OpenSSL ...
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