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		troels on Dec 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Duktape: an embeddable JavaScript engine Ruby gems? How'd you figure that?

BillinghamJ on Dec 4, 2014 | [–]

You can very easily expose C/C++ libraries to Ruby. Totally native too - not hacking it together.

troels on Dec 5, 2014 | | [–]

Right - but node.js is already a C++ project, so I don't see the difference?

mrinterweb on Dec 4, 2014 | [–]

Ruby gems can be written using C extensions.

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