From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2004-11-17T20:55:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby to C to another language (perhaps Java  (I Don't Need JRuby))

On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 03:42:19PM +0900, Zach Dennis wrote:
> This posting is more for a learning thing then anything else at this 
> point. I've been playing with Java to C via JNI lately doing some pretty 
> basic tests; calling methods, getting and settings fields, passing 
> primitive types around, etc...
>
> A while back (a few months ago) I did some Ruby to C tests of pretty 
> much the same caliber.
> 
> I would like to combine the two approaches and share some objects 
> between Ruby to C to Java and vise versa. I am not looking for the JVM 
> to be able to process ruby code. (no JRuby)
> 
> Has anyone had a similar approach (even if it wasn't Java) where they 
> were able to wrap a few Objects and use C as the middle man to communicate?

Take a look at the third issue of rubima (Rubyist Magazine); the Ruby
Library Report introduces rjb and rjni:

http://jp.rubyist.net/magazine/?0003-RLR

They both use JNI. rjb is implemented as a C extension, and rjni as a
simple wrapping of JNI (extension) + Ruby code for the higher layers.

You might need  http://excite.co.jp/world/url

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