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See the following rubycon talk, "worst idea ever!" which covers this and several other even more horrendously ill-advised gems:
http://www.confreaks.com/videos/198-rubyconf2009-worst-ideas...
It includes a way to rescue from segfaults, which goes quite nicely with the inline assembly :)
If you are a rubyist you should watch this. It's hilarious. If you think this wilson gem is crazy wait until you see the other shit they get up to.
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See the following rubycon talk, "worst idea ever!" which covers this and several other even more horrendously ill-advised gems:
http://www.confreaks.com/videos/198-rubyconf2009-worst-ideas...
It includes a way to rescue from segfaults, which goes quite nicely with the inline assembly :)
If you are a rubyist you should watch this. It's hilarious. If you think this wilson gem is crazy wait until you see the other shit they get up to.