From: Steven Davidovitz <steviedizzle@...>
Date: 2006-12-24T10:55:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and SDL?

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:36:35 +0900
Wim Vander Schelden <wim.vanderschelden@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if there was a decent binding for SDL in ruby?
> The only thing I can find is http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/index.en.html, 
> but that one doesn't look all that reliable. Is there anyone with some 
> experience with this binding? Is it reliable? And how about efficiency?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wim
> 
> -- 
> Wim Vander Schelden
> Bachelor Computer Science, University Ghent
> 
> http://nanoblog.ath.cx
> My weblog, powered by Ruby and BSD licensed.
> 
> 
> 

AFAIK, as of right now there are 3 choices for Ruby and SDL:
http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/index.en.html - Ruby/SDL
http://rudl.sourceforge.net/ - RUDL
http://rubygame.seul.org/ - RubyGame

Both Ruby/SDL and RubyGame are still being updated, but I have not seen a release from RUDL in a while a consider it unusable (and poorly documented). I myself use Ruby/SDL, but that is only because when I began Rubygame did not exist. I believe Rubygame is much more "Ruby-esque" than Ruby/SDL and has slightly better documentation. Overall I'd say go for Rubygame, but Ruby/SDL is just as good.

http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubysdl/ is the un-updated version of the Ruby/SDL link above.

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Steven Davidovitz