C/C++ within Ruby code?

Question

C/C++ would be good option to write some of the performance critical aspects of a Ruby Application. I know this is possible.

I would like to know how to add C/C++ code i

Answer 1

Besides "Extending Ruby", here are two other resources:

• README.EXT (extension.rdoc) - shows you more about how to build C extensions. A good compliment to "Extending Ruby"
• Ruby Inline - This is a library that tries to make it easier to build C extensions by having you call methods in ruby to compile C code.