From: Emiel van de Laar <emiel@...>
Date: 2002-06-12T00:00:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Q. Minimal Ruby

* Alan McFarlane (amcfarlane@mail.hotchilli.com) wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Would it be possible to create a 'minimal' Ruby, that can be embedded into
> an application by removing support for dynamic loading of libraries, all
> operating system specific code, and just leaving the basic classes?
> 
> The aim is to create a secure, small, and totally machine independant
> embedded scripting engine within the application, that will be called upon
> frequently to perform simple tasks with some basic cooperation between Ruby
> and C.

Although I've never used it, Ferite might be what you are looking for.

http://www.ferite.org

Emiel
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