{"id":2645,"date":"2021-12-25T13:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2021-12-25T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T08:06:54","slug":"calling-lisp-functions-from-d-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/calling-lisp-functions-from-d-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Lisp Functions from D Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

After exploring “newLisp”<\/strong><\/em> in the past few posts, I would like to start looking at the “D Programming Language”<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(DLang<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

DLang<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has been around since 2001. It was originally created by Walter Bright<\/strong><\/em> and later Andrei Alexandrescu<\/strong><\/em> joined the team in 2007. The main inspiration for DLang<\/strong><\/em> was C++<\/strong><\/em>, although it uses ideas from other languages such as Eiffel<\/strong><\/em>, Java<\/strong><\/em> and Python<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, Walter Bright<\/strong><\/em> was also the creator of the famous Zortech C++ Compiler<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0which I had used in early 1990s.<\/p>\n

The first thing I look for when I work with a new language is its interoperability with C\/C++<\/strong><\/em> (C<\/strong><\/em> is considered by many as the “universal assembly language”<\/strong><\/em>). In that respect, D<\/strong> <\/em>scores high.<\/p>\n

In today’s post, I would like to show how a program written in D<\/strong><\/em> can call a Lisp<\/strong><\/em> function. My example uses LispWorks Lisp<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0 64 bit edition for Windows<\/strong><\/em>. For programming in D<\/strong><\/em> and building the project, I am using “VisualD”<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0installed in Visual Studio 2017<\/strong><\/em>, Professional Edition, on Windows<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

First, here is the simple Lisp<\/strong><\/em> program:<\/p>\n

\"Lisp<\/a>
Lisp Function Called from D<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The program takes an “int64”<\/strong><\/em> parameter and returns another “int64”<\/strong> <\/em>value. It uses Lisp’s<\/strong><\/em> built-in function “random”<\/strong><\/em> to generate a random number.<\/p>\n

LispWorks Lisp<\/strong><\/em> has extensive support for Foreign Language Interface<\/strong><\/em> (FLI)<\/strong><\/em>. Here is the script to build the 64-bit DLL:<\/p>\n

\"Building<\/a>
Building Lisp DLL<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the DLL<\/strong><\/em> is available, there are essentially two ways to use it:<\/p>\n

1) Create a LIB<\/strong><\/em> file from the DLL<\/strong><\/em> and link it statically with D<\/strong><\/em> code<\/p>\n

2) Load the DLL<\/strong><\/em> functions dynamically and call from D<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I have chosen to go with the second approach because it is easier in this case.<\/p>\n

Here is the D<\/strong><\/em> program that makes a call to the Lisp<\/strong><\/em> function:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The D Program<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In VS 2017,<\/strong><\/em> when you create a “New Project”<\/strong><\/em>, you need to select “D\/VC++ Based Windows Application”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Visual<\/a>
Visual Studio Project Type<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the project is open, here is how the “Solution Explorer”<\/strong><\/em> looks:<\/p>\n

\"Solution<\/a>
Solution Explorer<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you build and run the project from within the IDE<\/strong><\/em>, the program prints the value received from the Lisp<\/strong><\/em> function. Because the Lisp<\/strong><\/em> function uses “random”<\/strong> <\/em>internally, the result will be different each time you run the D<\/strong><\/em> program.<\/p>\n

I did not face any challenge in interfacing D<\/strong><\/em> with my Lisp<\/strong><\/em> function in 64-bit mode. This is likely to be the case when interfacing D<\/strong><\/em> with any other language (e.g. Elixir<\/strong><\/em>, Go<\/strong><\/em>, etc.) that has a well-documented C<\/strong><\/em> language interface.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can download the sources here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is it for this article. Have a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year 2022!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After exploring “newLisp” in the past few posts, I would like to start looking at the “D Programming Language”\u00a0(DLang). DLang\u00a0has been around since 2001. It was originally created by Walter Bright and later Andrei Alexandrescu joined the team in 2007. The main inspiration for DLang was C++, although it uses ideas from other languages such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[302,18,17],"tags":[304,303],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d-language","category-lisp","category-programming","tag-d-language","tag-lisp-dll"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9OLnF-GF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2668,"url":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/23\/template-mixins-in-d-programming-language\/","url_meta":{"origin":2645,"position":0},"title":"Template Mixins in D Programming Language","author":"admin","date":"January 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When I heard the name Mixin\u00a0for the first time in the context of Dlang, I imagined it would be something similar to the mixins\u00a0of Common Lisp, but I was completely wrong!\u00a0 Mixins are a very interesting feature of D language. 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