From: William Rutiser <wruyahoo05@...>
Date: 2008-03-23T08:05:27+09:00
Subject: Re: extending ruby with C++

7stud -- wrote:
> 7stud -- wrote:
>   
>> Jason Roelofs wrote:
>>     
>>> $CC = "g++"
>>> $CXX = $CC # for good measure.
>>>
>>> You should probably go looking around at tutorials on how to build C
>>> and C++ code before you go much farther into this project.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>       
>> I know how to compile C++ programs from the command line or using an 
>> IDE, but  I don't know how to get extconf.rb to compile C++ programs or 
>> what make does.
For an overview of "make" see:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_%28software%29

Good luck and watch out for the tab characters; they aren't just white 
space.

-- Bill