[Stk] Ruby extensions with STK

David Michael david at unnature.org
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:18:58 -0500


I just picked up the Erlang book myself and am working through it.  
Looking at EventMachine now...

How is the OLPC? I have had my finger on the buy button for a couple  
of weeks. Its a toy I really dont need, but oooo it looks fun.


On Dec 6, 2007, at 10:33 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Well ... the same people who "wrote the book on Ruby" -- Pragmatic  
> Programmers -- also have a Programming Erlang book by Joe  
> Armstrong. I think that covers hacking into C code, but I haven't  
> started really digging into Erlang. Right now I'm getting back up  
> to speed on CSound and up to speed on the One Laptop Per Child  
> audio software. It's Python based and pretty impressive.
>
> There is also a Ruby library/gem called EventMachine, and there is  
> an Erlang-like lightweight process capability in the works there. I  
> don't remember how far along it is, but if you go to RubyForge, you  
> can see what it's all about.