From: andrew mcelroy Date: 2010-09-02T02:05:37+09:00 Subject: Re: Help Needed --0015174c45f459b01f048f35b481 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:55 AM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Tridib Bandopadhyay >wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I am pursuing my Masters in Computer Science and I have to do my Masters > > thesis on Ruby 1.9.1 to make a new compiler. > > > > I have downloaded the source code from Ruby Homepage. > > > > I saw many *.c files in the source code folder.Can any one tell me how > > to combine two files and start running a fraction of the code.(As I need > > only the Garbage collector part for my thesis.) > You could literally do. ./configure && make then look for the vm.o file, but I don't think this will be of much value -- I could be wrong. If you can restate your question, I would at least have a better idea at what you are trying to accomplish. Are you trying to write/ swap out the GC for ruby? If so, fantastic! However, your question is still very ambiguous to me. Respectfully, Andrew McElroy http://TryRuby.org > > > > --0015174c45f459b01f048f35b481--