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Subject: Re: [Q] What does Ruby/DL do?
From: Emmanuel Touzery <emmanuel.touzery () wanadoo ! fr>
Date: 2004-09-15 10:28:57
Message-ID: 4148197C.9020701 () wanadoo ! fr
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Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>The Ruby/DL website (http://google...) doesn't have much by way of
>explanation. I've seen it claimed recently that it can be used _instead
>of_ C library bindings, or some such. Can anyone elaborate?
>
>
with ruby/DL, you describe the API of the C function that you wrap. You
give the location of the dll/so. and then you call the function. It's a
simple as that! Problem of course comes with structures and this kind of
things.
ruby/DL requires no compilation, no C external library, and is portable
across systems.
check the "Ruby/DL: Cross-platform Dynamic Linking" paragraph in
http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/rubyOneEightOh.html
of course the problem is the severely lacking documentation.
emmanuel
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