From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-10-17T04:39:40+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: RubyInline 3.5.0 released

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Ryan Davis wrote:

> RubyInline version 3.5.0 has been released!
>
>  http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/
>  http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinline/
>
> ** DESCRIPTION:
>
> Ruby Inline is an analog to Perl's Inline::C. Out of the box, it
> allows you to embed C/++ external module code in your ruby script
> directly. By writing simple builder classes, you can teach how to cope
> with new languages (fortran, perl, whatever). The code is compiled and
> run on the fly when needed.
>
> Using the package_inline tool Inline now allows you to package up
> your inlined object code for distribution to systems without a
> compiler (read: windows)!
>
> ** FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
>
> + Quick and easy inlining of your C or C++ code embedded in your ruby script.
> + Extendable to work with other languages.
> + Automatic conversion between ruby and C basic types
>    + char, unsigned, unsigned int, char *, int, long, unsigned long
> + inline_c_raw exists for when the automatic conversion isn't sufficient.
> + Only recompiles if the inlined code has changed.
> + Pretends to be secure.
> + Only requires standard ruby libraries, nothing extra to download.
> + Can generate a basic Rakefile and package up built extensions for 
> distribution.
>
>  http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/
>  http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinline/
>
> Changes:
>
> + 4 minor enhancements
>    + Switched to install for Makefile.
>    + Lots of minor cleanup.
>    + Added add_to_init to extend init methods. Great hack!
>    + Added 2 demo files used in the rubyconf 2005 presentation.
> + 1 bug fix
>    + Fixed example in README.txt. OOPS!
>
>  http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/
>  http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinline/

thanks so much for this work ryan!

-a
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