Is there such a thing?

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 28 February 2015 at 17:24:57 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Friday, 27 February 2015 at 19:49:37 UTC, Taylor Hillegeist 
> wrote:
>> On Friday, 27 February 2015 at 07:26:06 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
>> wrote:
>>> On 2015-02-26 20:53, Taylor Hillegeist wrote:
>>>> So, In languages like .net they have dll's that contain not 
>>>> only
>>>> bytecode but also the necessary headers to make them usable 
>>>> in any .net
>>>> language. I was curious if this kind of thing has ever been 
>>>> attempted
>>>> for static libraries?
>>>>
>>>> basically some type of universal header + static library = 
>>>> Everything
>>>> Needed to use in project file.
>>>>
>>>> of course they would be targeted for a certain platform but 
>>>> would be
>>>> really easy to grab/use.
>>>>
>>>> And if the header could be agreed upon any compiled language 
>>>> could use
>>>> the library which would be a huge benefit.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps i'm incorrect in my assumptions. Let me know what 
>>>> you think
>>>> about the idea?
>>>
>>> I think it's better to use a package manager to handle this. 
>>> It will also automatically download the necessary files. Also 
>>> it will help (hopefully) you to find the libraries you need.
>>
>> I just think its a shame that all over the place people are 
>> compiling code in different programming languages, and 
>> although all the .o  files are compatible with each other 
>> there isn't a standard cross language way of defining a 
>> binding. But that would be making people agree on things...
>
> On Windows that standard it is called COM for OO languages, 
> stdcall/pascal for procedural ones and BCL for those targeting 
> .NET.
>
> --
> Paulo

Sorry, should have written CLS (Common Language Specification) 
for those targeting .NET.