# What happened to h2rb (C header file translator)

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 14, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-happened-to-h2rb-c-header-file-translator/197431 "2010-10-14T10:45:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-happened-to-h2rb-c-header-file-translator/197431/1 "2010-10-14T10:45:09Z")

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I was searching for some way to use C header files (mostly #defines)  
along with some embedded ruby and I found the script h2rb.

Up until Ruby 1.8.7 it was in the ext/dl directory of the Ruby  
distributions:  
[http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/ext/dl/h2rb?view=log](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/branches/ruby_1_8_7/ext/dl/h2rb?view=log)

Does anyone know why it is no longer distributed? I think I will start  
using the version that came with release 1.8.7, but it makes me nervous  
that it seems to have disappeared.

## Thanks.

Scott Roland