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Is there an interface definition language for software libraries?
Yes, there are such things for libraries that aren't (necessarily) accessed via a network. Microsoft's COM would be one obvious example. IBM's nigh obsolete OS/2 did much the same (using an ...
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Is there an interface definition language for software libraries?
To build on @amon's comment, wrapping C++ code with a C header file is what you want to do, and it is widely used and has many benefits.
Why should you reduce C++ libraries external interface to a C ...
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Is ABI governed by hardware or is it only an agreement between software
ABIs are a convention. There can be multiple conventions in use on a single platform - a classic example is early Windows using "Pascal" calling convention despite many of the parts being ...
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Is ABI governed by hardware or is it only an agreement between software
It can be both. An ABI is a convention, and there might exist several such conventions for a given hardware architecture (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_calling_conventions) but in general ...
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Is ABI governed by hardware or is it only an agreement between software
A Little of This and a Little of That
For example how do you arrange the arguments for a function on a stack?
C-Style? The first argument is pushed last onto the stack
Pascal Style? The first ...
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