From: "Marcin Mielżyński" <lopx@...>
Date: 2006-07-12T07:20:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Good way to write a C extension to Ruby?

vasudevram wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Whats a good way to write a C extension to Ruby?
> 
> I'm aware that there's a chapter about in the Pickaxe book (I think),
> and will be checking that out, and also SWIG, if it supports Ruby. But
> looking for replies from anyone who has already tried any of these
> ways, and their feedback.


Swig is brilliant and has very good support for Ruby, it will help you 
automate many tasks - it has it's own DSL (argh...). Actually I used it 
to wrap my C++ code. It is also worth mentioning that Ruby has the most 
consistent and easy to understand/use c api I've seen (Lua's api is also 
very clear) - just look into Ruby sources: array.c and hash.c - you'll 
realize what I'm talking about ;D

lopex