From: dagang wang <dagangw@...>
Date: 2002-05-04T13:50:44+09:00
Subject: Is ruby ready for prime time?

I am writing a test script for a c api. Following is a piec e of pseudo-code

....
MyStruct* pRes;
unsigned long length;
getData(&pRes, &length);
// a check shows pRes is initialized ok
VALUE arr=rb_str_new2("text") // I suppose some memory allocation is done
here
//oops. a check shows pRes is corrupted

I encountered many such problems in my development related to memory
management. I have the feeling that Ruby is not ready for prime time. At
least for the Ruby-C extension part. I wonder if anyone else has the same
experience and knows how to get around it.

Doug