RubyInline: June 2009 Archives

Inline allows you to write foreign code within your ruby code. It automatically determines if the code in question has changed and builds it only when necessary. The extensions are then automatically loaded into the class/module that defines it.

You can even write extra builders that will allow you to write inlined code in any language. Use Inline::C as a template and look at Module#inline for the required API.

Changes:

3.8.2 / 2009-06-23

• 1 bug fix:

  • ruby 1.9 expands FILE and broke my tests

• http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinline/

• http://rubyinline.rubyforge.org/RubyInline/
• http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/RubyInline/
• ryand-ruby@zenspider.com

Corey sez "I decided to see what sort of speed-up I could get just doing a straight brute-force sort. First, I wanted a pure Ruby implementation. Next, I wanted a RubyInline version. Finally, I wanted to use RubyInline with Thrust. Here is the code I used."

The numbers? Bad ASS!

(Thrust is a C++ library that uses the GPU for parallel operations.)