From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-10-01T09:09:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Interest in Boost::Ruby

On 9/30/05, Alan Gutierrez <alan-ruby-talk@engrm.com> wrote:
>     I'd like to build a CSS renderer in modern C++ as an enthusist's
>     pursuit. I don't want to get bogged down in huge build systems,
>     or many different IDEs.
>
>     I'd like to make development rapid by using a scripting
>     language where I can. I want it to be Ruby. I'm adopting Ruby as
>     a build system for C++ as noted in another thread.
>
>     It would be nice to script complicated algrothims in Ruby,
>     before fixing them in C++. I'd like to work on making objects
>     accessible to Ruby as I go along.
>
>     I know that Ruby can communicate with C++ using SWIG, but I'm
>     wondering if there isn't anything more explicit. Something that
>     will bind tighter to Ruby. The Boost libraries favor Python due
>     to Boost::Python. Is there something similar, or is there
>     interest in something similar?
>
>         http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/

Dunno about Boost::Ruby, but why not quickly write the whole thing in
Ruby?  It would at least give you a chance to quickly prototype the
application and try out different ideas.

Then, if you want, rewrite the app in C++.