From: David Corbin <dcorbin@...>
Date: 2003-08-24T08:16:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby & Perl

On Saturday 23 August 2003 18:37, Mark Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 06:26 PM, David Corbin wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > I'm not talking about invoke system commands, I'm talking about having
> > a
> > system for invoking perl librarys/methods/objects/methods, getting back
> > ruby-accessible objects.
> > [snip]
>
> I understand your point. However, if one wraps system command
> invocations in Ruby classes and methods, what is the difference from an
> interface perspective?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark

There's little conceptual difference, but  vast difference in implementation 
complexity.  I would expect the "magic tool" i'm looking at would examine the 
perl objects and modules in question, and automagically expose the correct 
interface object interface.  

David