From: Prakash Maria susai <prakashm@...>
Date: 2009-03-03T23:32:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Porting ruby scripts to JRuby

Florian Gilcher wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Prakash Maria susai wrote:
> 
>>
>> Also, is there any other means of calling the Ruby scripts from Java
>> other than using JRuby?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ulrich
> 
> If they are in pure ruby 1.8 and have no dependency to C-Extensions
> (even through gems), chances are very high[1] that they run as
> expected.
> 
> Otherwise, it's a question whether those extensions are available
> in a Java Version or through FFI (Foreign Function Interface). FFI
> is pretty uncommon at the moment, but there is quite a bunch of
> gems that implement their extensions both for MRI and JRuby.
> 
> Regards,
> Florian
> 
> [1]: At this point: thanks to the JRuby-Team for the great work.
> 
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Hi,

Thanks for your response.
Also is there any other mechanism of calling Ruby from Java
other than using JRuby?

Thanks in advance,
Ulrich
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