From: tho_mica_l Date: 2007-12-18T22:05:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Best compiled language for extending Ruby > What tool(s) would you recommend for that? The full sentence probably should have been: There are a few scripts that translate a subset of ruby to C. I don't think they are ready for prime time. With respect to "stalin", IIRC early editions of the language shootout included timings for this compiler.