From: Zach Dennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2004-11-18T02:04:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby to C to another language (perhaps Java  (I Don't Need JRuby))

Kaspar Schiess wrote:

> Zach Dennis <zdennis@mktec.com> wrote in
> news:419AF224.5070307@mktec.com: 
> 
> 
>>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? 
> 
> 
> Hello Denis, 
> 
> I know of rjava (using a tcp connection) and rjb (using a jni native 
> interface) as far as ruby to java interfacing goes. I have tested rjb and 
> found it to work (with some tweaking) as I wanted it to. I don't know about 
> the difficulty of these efforts, but now that you have the source, I guess 
> duplicating them is a breeze, depending on how much cheating you allow 
> yourself to do. 
> 

Thanks Kaspar, I will definitely look into rjava and rjb.

Zach