RE: [Rubydotnet-developer] [ANN]: rubydotnet-0.2.0

[Ben S. <bsc...@pr...>]

> > Your feedback is welcome. I have included a sample of the=20
> main features
> > below.
>=20
> Hi Thomas. This looks really great! I've suspended my project=20
> in favour
> of yours. I like the "implements System::IDisposable" example.

Thomas,

I agree - looks like a nice project!  I think my favorite parts are =
cs_compile and cs_eval (and their vb_ and js_ cousins).

I think we forgot to mention it here (and not to plug too much ;) but we =
recently released Release 3 of our own bridge, which includes a "direct" =
managed C++ extension mode as well as .NET interface implementation.  If =
you haven't seen it, it's at

	http://www.saltypickle.com/RubyDotNet/downloads

I'd be interested in any feedback!

By the way - I should also mention that I have new respect for what =
you've been saying about Ruby threading from extensions.  We were =
working last week on an experiment to do a bridge in the style of our =
sockets bridge - that is, string-based - but using an extension.  Aargh! =
:)

(Our standard direct extension uses a different model, and only works on =
one thread.  That still lets us do a fair amount of work, though, =
including windowing.)

Regards,
Ben Schroeder