From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-11-06T09:52:54+09:00
Subject: Re: FFI 0.1.1 (Foreign Function Interface) for Ruby 1.8.6/7 and 1.9

Sean O'Halpin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Nit Khair <sentinel.2001@gmx.com> wrote:
>> Eagerly awaiting your ncurses port...
> 
> I'm aiming to get a first cut out this week (just the very basics) to
> get things moving, but it will take a while to get it all done,
> especially the fiddly bits. I'm going to concentrate on the core
> ncurses functionality. I'm not interested in panels or forms (better
> done in Ruby IMHO).
> 
>> Is it possible for you to document the procedure, how you go about doing
>> it, so one can follow that for another port, rather than be totally
>> lost.
> 
> Sure, as long as you don't mind long-winded stream of consciousness :)

Oh and please, please guys, update anything that's not well-documented here:

http://kenai.com/projects/ruby-ffi/pages/Home

It's wide open...let me know if you can't edit.

- Charlie