Re: [MacRuby-devel] question about goals for ruby module compatibility with macruby

2009-07-30 Thread Laurent Sansonetti
Hi Tim, As Matt mentioned on a separate mail, rubygems should be fully supported (modulo C extensions) in the upcoming release, which should be out before the end of the year if everything goes well. I can't pronounce for Rails at this point, but we are approaching it bit by bit, and we m

Re: [MacRuby-devel] question about goals for ruby module compatibility with macruby

2009-07-30 Thread Jeremy Voorhis
If MacRuby is aiming for full FFI support, a la JRuby, then creating interpreter-independent versions of C extensions need not be difficult. I've begun porting some of my own Ruby bindings from DL and C and have found that as long as you handle your C types correctly, everything tends to Just Work

Re: [MacRuby-devel] question about goals for ruby module compatibility with macruby

2009-07-30 Thread Matt Aimonetti
Hi Tim, I was about to reply to your colleague, Mr Otero, so let me try to clarify a few things that might help others. The goal for MacRuby 0.5 is to be able to run any rubygems that are not C extensions. ( see Macruby 0.5 roadmap: http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macruby-devel/2009-July/00