From: Ruby Rubyruby <netwerk0r@...>
Date: 2007-08-03T03:06:10+09:00
Subject: Deployable project with C source code

Hi.  Ruby novice here.  So far, I have had a great experience
programming Ruby where I have only been relying on the standard library.
Lately, I have been wanting to tie some of my tools into a nice GUI
using QT or Tk.  I understand that running "ruby extconf.rb" will
dynamically generate a Makefile for me based on my OS, and that I run
that in order to compile and clean up my code.  I also understand that
the source code that is provided would extend my Ruby API in order to
access lower level code that would enable me to access these C libraries
as objects in Ruby.  What I fail to understand is how to make a project
that relies on such souce code easily deployable.  For example, if I
were writing something that only relied on the Ruby standard library,
all I would do is tar up my project with a README saying "type:  ruby
main.rb" and it would all work nicely.  Now, I want to write something
that will compile code that extends the API if necessary, then clean
everything up and run my main.rb.  How do I go about doing such a thing?

In Java, everything gets tied into a .jar file and when you compile it
goes from source->java bytecode.  I see the transition from
Ruby->c->binary has a setback of having to do a little bit more work
than you would in Java.  I could be wrong though.  Any feedback would be
greatly appreciated.  Thanks for your time.

-Mr. Rubyruby
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