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FFI FFI
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*** Warning: Turns out this is a really bad idea, do not use! When the BEAM calls native functions it needs to know how many reductions should be used. Otherwise calling a long running function can break the scheduling completly, because with this approach a long running function is considered 1 reduction ***
An easy way to call external functions (e.g. C functions) from [Elixir](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir). An easy way to call external functions (e.g. C functions) from [Elixir](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir).
Inspired by [Ruby's FFI](https://github.com/ffi/ffi) Inspired by [Ruby's FFI](https://github.com/ffi/ffi)