On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:09:05 +0000, Sean O'Dell wrote:

> I want to try embedding Ruby into a new Borland C++ Builder application, and
> while I've poked around and found bits of information here and there, I'm
> having trouble coming up with a "shortest path between A and B" sort of
> solution.  I'd prefer to get 1.8 embedded, but 1.6 is fine.  If I could just
> get the Ruby API compiled into a .DLL somehow, I'm sure I could get Builder
> to load and use it, with some help from the ruby.h file.
> 
> What should I be doing to start off with?


Don't start out with .DLL's..  DLL's may couse trouble.
Instead do static-linking with the ruby-library.


There is a saying:  Make it work, make it right, make it fast.
When you are sure everything is working, you can move on and
make a DLL out of it.

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Simon Strandgaard