>>>>> "B" == Ben Tilly <ben_tilly / hotmail.com> writes:

>> actually *it very easy* to extend Ruby with C

B> Our definitions of "very" differ.

 From [ruby-talk:11189]

  # Using XS is just too hard. At least when you compare it to the rest
  # of the Perl we know and love.

 Using C is just too easy with ruby

B> Literally just drop the C code directly into the
B> script, and leave deciding when to recompile and how
B> to link up to Inline.

  ruby extconf.rb
  make 
  make install

 If you can't do this, perhaps there is a problem


Guy Decoux