Ruby Cookbook

Recipe 22.1. Writing a C Extension for Ruby Credit: Garrett Rooney Problem You want to implement part of your Ruby program in C. This might be the part of your program that needs to run really fast, it might contain some very platformspe...

Recipe 22.2. Using a C Library from Ruby Credit: Garrett Rooney Problem You'd like to use a library in your Ruby program, but the library's implemented in C and there are no bindings. Solution Write a Ruby extension that wraps the C ...

Recipe 22.3. Calling a C Library Through SWIG Credit: Garrett Rooney Problem You want to use a C library in your Ruby code, but you don't want to have to write any C code to do it. Solution Use SWIG to generate the C extension for you. S...

Recipe 22.4. Writing Inline C in Your Ruby Code Credit: Garrett Rooney Problem You want to implement small portions of your program in C without going to the trouble of creating a C extension to Ruby. Solution Embed C code right in ...