How to use Ruby code inside Elixir
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The document discusses how to use Ruby code within Elixir through the Erlport library, which simplifies inter-language communication using the Erlang port protocol. It highlights various tools such as Erlport, Erlectricity, and Erlix, along with their installation and usage details. The author encourages collaboration between Elixir and Ruby, showcasing examples and references for further exploration.
How to use Ruby code inside Elixir
- 1. How to use Ruby code inside Elixir Weverton Timoteo - @wevtimoteo
- 2. ErlPort Uses Erlang port protocol to simplify connection between languages
- 3. ErlPort ! Released 1.0.0alpha at Jun, 2013 ! 488 stars (Github) ! Supports Module-Function-Arguments (MFA) API (chain code)
- 4. Erlang Ports and Port Drivers ! byte-oriented interface to an external program ! Erlang can communicate with it by sending and receiving lists of bytes, including binaries
- 5. Erlang External Term Format ! The external term format is mainly used in the distribution mechanism of Erlang ! As Erlang has a fixed number of types, there is no need for a programmer to define a specification for the external format used within some application
- 6. Export Erlport wrapper for Elixir • Last commit Apr, 2017
- 7. Live demo
- 8. Erlectricity ! Needs to install `erlectricity` gem ! Uses Erlectricity DSL ! Last commit Oct, 2009
- 9. Live demo
- 10. Erlix ! Requires mod in mix file ! Requires `erlix` gem ! Last commit Mar, 2014
- 11. Live demo
- 12. Usage ideas?
- 14. References ! ErlPort ! ErlPort Repository ! Erlang Port Protocol ! Erlang External Term Format ! Export (ErlPort Wrapper) ! Erlectricity ! Erlix
- 15. Live Demo • Elixir, Ruby, don’t fight. Talk • Elixir, Ruby, don’t fight. Talk… with Electricity • Elixir, Ruby, don’t fight. Talk… with Erlix • Elixir, Ruby, don’t fight. Benchmark!