March 25, 2026
Published on RubyStackNews
Ruby is a high-level language. C is a low-level language. At some point, every serious Ruby application needs to cross that boundary.
Maybe you need a cryptography library. Maybe a signal processing engine. Maybe a hardware interface. Maybe raw performance on a hot path.
There are two ways to make Ruby speak C. This article covers both, explains when to use each, and shows you the code for real.
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FFI: How Ruby Talks to C – Linking Ruby knowledge from the most remote places in the world.
March 25, 2026 Published on RubyStackNews Ruby is a high-level language. C is a low-level language. At some point, every serious Ruby application needs to cross that boundary. Maybe you need a cryp…
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