From: Issac <issac@...>
Date: 2001-12-10T12:59:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28057] Re: Boost.Ruby ?

Sounds like a good idea.  The Ruby C api seems much cleaner
than the Python C api, so it shouldn't be too bad.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lorien Dunn" <loriend@bigpond.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 5:52 PM
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