From: Lorien Dunn <loriend@...>
Date: 2001-12-10T08:52:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28046] Re: Boost.Ruby ?

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 02:47, Issac wrote:
> Of all the ways to extend Python with C++, my favorite is Boost.Python
> http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/ .
> Does something like this exist for Ruby?

	The problem with boost::python is that it creates VERY bloated extensions. 
I've had 200k of c++ (including the boost wrapping) turn into 2.5 megs of 
stripped binary. I ended up re-implimenting with ruby-c (writing ruby in c), 
because of no end of hassles with boost- you still have a hard time wrapping 
advanced c++, and the extension ends up being about 70k.

	I know I'm not using boost::python again :)

	IMHO the ruby c API is easy enough so something like boost is not needed. 
Have a look at ruby-fltk as an example of how to hand-wrap c++.


Lorien Dunn