From: brian yahn Date: 2006-03-26T02:35:44+09:00 Subject: does ruby have database/network support built in? I've been using GM for 5 years now, and last year I started to learn c++. I had been working on an online gave for over 2 years, and I started learning c++ specifically so I could have a faster server. I had the game finished in gml, but it was too slow to run so I figured it couldn't be taht hard to write it in c++. Well I was dead wrong. I've been trying to "translate" the server to c++ for over a year and all I've managed is creating a program that can send text messages back and forth. I could have done that in GM in about 1 minute. Anyways I decided that if I ever want to finish this game, I better find a different language for the server. I found out about ruby and it seems to be a lot like GM except it gives you control over classes etc.. Which is basically what I was looking for all along. But what I'm really hopping for is that ruby has database/network support built in. So that I could just call a function like send(), rcv() and wouldn't have to write a c++ dll for the network (kind of couterporductive). Database support is especially important. Is there any support for mysql in ruby? I know about ruby on rails, but I'm not making a web aplication, so I don't think thats what I'm looking for. I figured ruby probably had database support since ruby on rails does. Can anyone tell me where I could find out about Ruby's database/network support if it has any? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.