From: Zach Dennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2004-11-18T02:04:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby to C to another language (perhaps Java  (I Don't Need JRuby))

Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:

> 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
> 

Thanks for the links Mauricio, I will check these out!

Zach