From: shasckaw <shasckaw@...>
Date: 2004-03-01T19:39:46+09:00
Subject: Re: embedding?

Eric Smith wrote:
> I've written some simulators in C that use Tcl and custom commands as an
> embedded debugger language.
> 
> Tcl works OK, but I don't like the language very well.  It's simple, but
> not very elegant  Ruby looks like a much better language.
> 
> Is there any documentation or example code showing embedding Ruby in
> a C program?  A Google search turns up some C++ stuff, but it didn't
> seem very helpful.
> 
> Is it possible to create multiple independent Ruby interpreter contexts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
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Have you tried Lua instead of Tcl? I've heard that even pythoners think 
lua is better than python for embedding. I don't know if ruby can easily 
be embedded, but I'm sure it's the case for Lua.

Lio