From: Thomas Sondergaard <ts_news1@...>
Date: 2005-07-28T17:26:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [SURVEY] Ruby in embedded applications

I took a look at embedding ruby but went with mozilla's 
javascript-engine called spidermonkey instead because

* Spidermonkey is just one .dll/.so. It may be possible to reduce ruby's 
interpreter to just that, but it doesn't come like that out of the box (rpm)
* I can run as many javascript interpreters as I want and start and stop 
them when I want and reinitialize them.
* Threading is supported

Thomas

treefrog wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm interested in finding out how widespread the use of Ruby is in
> embedded applications. Perhaps you do development for a jukebox
> manufacturer who uses Ruby to handle playlists, billing etc. with a C
> library doing all the driver stuff :-)
> 
> So, if you do embedded development (or work with people who do) I'd be
> interested in:
> 1. Do you use Ruby in embedded applications.
> 2. If not do you use use Perl or Python instead (why?)
> 3. Would you use Ruby if "they" let you?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> treefrog
>