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Ruby provides a powerful interface for building native extensions, allowing Ruby code

by Giménez Silva Germán Alberto —

https://rubystacknews.com/2026/03/04/writing-ruby-bindings-for-c-libraries/

The article walks through:

• the structure of a Ruby C extension • compiling with extconf.rb • argument conversion between Ruby and C • wrapping native structures • using Rust as an alternative for building extensions

Includes practical code examples for building your first native Ruby binding.

ruby #systemsprogramming #opensource

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