A Comparison of Python and Ruby Extension Interfaces (Re: Comparison between Python and "Ruby")

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Toby Dickenson <htrd90 at zepler.org> writes:

|>It uses setjmp/longjmp. Presumably these work correctly on
|>any system where they are implemented. Porting Ruby to a
|>system where they're not implemented could be difficult.
|>
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|Presumably this makes it difficult for Ruby extensions to use C++?

I don't think so.  Some extensions for Ruby are written in C++
(e.g. MySQL interface) without problems.

							matz.