What do you call C functions from MacRuby?

Question

I would like to try using MacRuby with CoreAudio on OS X, but most of these APIs are C functions. Should I use Ruby DL, or does MacRuby offer a different way?

Answer 1

According to the Macruby website, you should be able to directly execute C functions

Static API Access

Many Mac OS X front-end APIs are not introspective because they are static, but thanks to the BridgeSupport project from MacRuby, you can invoke static APIs.

The following API types are available:

• List item
• Types of CoreFoundation (CFType) Structures
• C
• C opaque types
• C listing
• C Objective-C ( , )
• C ( )
• Objective-C

http://www.macruby.org/documentation/tutorial.html