* ara.t.howard / noaa.gov <ara.t.howard / noaa.gov> [060217 16:22]: > better still - ruby/dl can call into fortan libs directory : no binding > required. i think this only works with f77 code though... I guess you are right. Tried it with gfortran and all I get is a segfault. Setting the -f2c compiler flag does not help either. Maybe C is still the language of choice when it comes to exending ruby? Cheers, Steph.