From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-02-16T13:15:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Tools for working with x86 assembly in Ruby?

ljp wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm starting a project that will involve injecting instructions into
> x86 assembly code.  I'd like to write this tool in Ruby.  In the
> interest of not reinventing wheels, I'm appealing to the Ruby
> community: does anyone know of some serviceable source code for
> parsing x86 assembly, and ideally for editing (e.g., ability to update
> offsets when an instruction is moved around)?  Or perhaps someone
> knows of an assembler written in Ruby that I could pilfer?  My Google-
> fu hasn't turned up anything.
> 
> (I know of Racc - it will be my starting point if I can't find an
> existing parser)
> 
> Many thanks =)

Have a look at RubyInline. It lets you put C code in line in Ruby code. 
I would imagine that "C code" on a Gnu/Linux system could include Gnu 
Assembler code as well. I can't help you on Windows, however. ;)
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