# Stripped down ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 25, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623 "2006-05-25T18:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimb)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623/1 "2006-05-25T18:29:33Z")

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I want to creat a stripped down ruby, ruby at at’s most basic level and  
create my own libraries for it to link; additionaly I want to have  
absolute minimum dependency’s on other libraries.

The idea being I wish to embed it into my own cross platform C  
framework.  
I’ve tried searching for any information that might help me in this area  
but come up with very little. I have also started trying to strip down  
the standard 1.8.4 source code release…but without wishing to be too  
controversial it seems all a bit of a mess.

Any help or pointers where to start would be much appreciated.

Jim.

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**Author:** ![jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimb)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623/2 "2006-05-25T18:35:23Z")

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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jim bob wrote:

> Any help or pointers where to start would be much appreciated.
> 
> Jim.

minruby. it’s built when you build ruby.

-a

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**Author:** ![jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimb)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623/3 "2006-05-25T18:56:12Z")

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Wow, thanks for the rapid response…but I can’t find any documentation  
on mini ruby, I’m I totally blind?

Cheers,  
Jim,

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**Author:** ![jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jimb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimb)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stripped-down-ruby/61623/4 "2006-05-25T19:09:55Z")

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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jim bob wrote:

> Wow, thanks for the rapid response…but I can’t find any documentation  
> on mini ruby, I’m I totally blind?

afaik there isn’t any.

-a