stem/CS/Language Binding.md

• Binding is an API that provides glue code
  • Allows language to use a foreign library or OS

Runtime Environments

Object Models

• COM
  • Component Object Model
  • MS only cross-language model
• CLI
  • .NET Common Language Infrastructure
• Freedesktop.org D-Bus
  • Open cross-platform-language model

Virtual Machines

• CLR
  • .NET Common Language Runtime
• Mono
  • CLI languages
  • Cross-platform
• Adobe Flash Player
  • Tamarin
• JVM
• LLVM
• Silverlight