Ruby-C Book?

Ruby
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I am still trying to improve my poor C and Ruby-C knowledge,
today I managed to use rb_iv_set and rb_iv_get successfully … wow :wink:

But what I would really like to have would be a Pickaxe2-like
book dedicated to the C Side of ruby AT BEST with examples.

Pickaxe2 has a chapter, and while Pickaxe2 is one of my all-time
favourite books of programming language books (granted, many others
are so boring so maybe thats quite easy … :D) - the chapter
about the C side is really very very short.

My current method is to dig through other people’s code,
trying to understand and so on, but it would be darn awesome
if such a book would exist. In english … :stuck_out_tongue:

How high are the chances that such a book would hit the retail
stores the next uh lets say… 12 months? (Hope dies last!)

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Hi,

On 3/24/07, Marc H. [email protected] wrote:

I am still trying to improve my poor C and Ruby-C knowledge,
today I managed to use rb_iv_set and rb_iv_get successfully … wow :wink:

But what I would really like to have would be a Pickaxe2-like
book dedicated to the C Side of ruby AT BEST with examples.

I would also like to see this. My C knowledge is minimal at best, and
my
knowledge of tying Ruby and C is very limited.

Pickaxe2 has a chapter, and while Pickaxe2 is one of my all-time

favourite books of programming language books (granted, many others
are so boring so maybe thats quite easy … :D) - the chapter
about the C side is really very very short.

My current method is to dig through other people’s code,
trying to understand and so on, but it would be darn awesome
if such a book would exist. In english … :stuck_out_tongue:

If you compiled Ruby from source, be sure to check out README.EXT. If
not,
it’s posted online: http://blog.evanweaver.com/files/readme.ext.txt

Also be sure to check out:
http://www.eigenclass.org/hiki/ruby+internals+guide

How high are the chances that such a book would hit the retail

stores the next uh lets say… 12 months? (Hope dies last!)

–
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

HTH,
Michael G.

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It’s not a book, but I just gave a presentation on this topic.
Perhaps my slides will help. They are at http://www.ociweb.com/mark/
Ruby_C_Extensions.pdf. Comments on the slides are welcomed!

Hi there,

its a GREAT slide, visually very appealing. I think by far the best
about Ruby + C I saw so far. :slight_smile:

It for sure helps but as you said, its not a book - I guess a real book
on this subject would be a lot of work and maybe not enough people
interested (compared to general ruby stuff), plus those that are
already C gurus would maybe not need it … :frowning:

Anyway, thanks for this great slide!

PS: How did you make the small boxes+arrows?

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On Mar 24, 2007, at 3:43 AM, Marc H. wrote:

My current method is to dig through other people’s code,
trying to understand and so on, but it would be darn awesome
if such a book would exist. In english … :stuck_out_tongue:

How high are the chances that such a book would hit the retail
stores the next uh lets say… 12 months? (Hope dies last!)

It’s not a book, but I just gave a presentation on this topic.
Perhaps my slides will help. They are at http://www.ociweb.com/mark/
Ruby_C_Extensions.pdf. Comments on the slides are welcomed!

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On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Marc H. wrote:

It’s not a book, but I just gave a presentation on this topic.
Perhaps my slides will help. They are at http://www.ociweb.com/mark/
Ruby_C_Extensions.pdf. Comments on the slides are welcomed!

Hi there,

its a GREAT slide, visually very appealing. I think by far the best
about Ruby + C I saw so far. :slight_smile:

Thanks!

It for sure helps but as you said, its not a book - I guess a real
book
on this subject would be a lot of work and maybe not enough people
interested (compared to general ruby stuff), plus those that are
already C gurus would maybe not need it … :frowning:

Right. If there was demand for it, I’d consider writing a book.

Anyway, thanks for this great slide!

PS: How did you make the small boxes+arrows?

I used PowerPoint.