From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-05-10T12:25:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Intro to embedded Ruby

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I don't know anything about game programming so this may not be useful to
you. I've tried embedding both ways (Ruby in C++, C++ in Ruby), and I think
it's much better to call native code from Ruby. You could look at the dlope=
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library, which is really rather good but lightly documented and somewhat
frustrating. But you might have better luck writing "extensions" in C++.
Read the file README.EXT in the Ruby distro, and then read the source code
for some of the standard extensions in the distro. With an extension you ca=
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basically write Ruby in C++, create your own Ruby classes, etc.

On 5/9/06, akrasia <danxmstie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> I'm relatively new to the world of Ruby, but I feel I'm catching on
> quickly to the advantages and conveniences that the language offers.
> Mostly, I've been using it to develop games.
>
> A recent interest of mine involves using Ruby and C/C++ together to
> handle a more complex game. My goal is to have C/C++ handle all of the
> graphics via SDL or something similar and have Ruby handle all of the
> game logic (input, script handling, and such).
>
> Essentially, I'm looking for a basic, from-the-ground-up introduction to
> embedding Ruby in C/C++. I've had much experience with C/C++ and
> programming overall and I am using Linux for development.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
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