From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2008-03-15T11:30:52+09:00
Subject: Re: installing C + Ruby extensions

Gerardo Santana G�mez Garrido wrote:
> Thanks Tim for your reply, it has been very helpful.
> 
> I have another question.
> 
> I have a C core. I'm already extending it in Ruby. There's C code that
> could be moved to Ruby. Would I gain anything doing this?
> 

I think so. Ruby code is portable (that is, you know it will run because 
Ruby is already running) and easier to maintain than C code.

RMagick started life as 100% C but after almost a year of work I threw 
all the code away. I started over using as much Ruby as possible and 
never looked back.

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RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
RMagick 2: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/rmagick2.html