BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London PRODID:-//developerFusion//DeveloperFusion.Events.Export 1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100518T220000Z DTEND:20100519T000000Z LOCATION:, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, US DESCRIPTION:__Building native extensions. This could take a while.__We all know Ruby has C underpinnings, and we've all seen the native extension message when certain gems are installed, but what does it mean? What's a native extension? Can you build one? Is it hard? And when and why would you want to use one? Aren't they just for "other people"?Fear not! It's all surprisingly simple. SUMMARY:The Raleigh-area Ruby Brigade May Meeting UID:82826@developerfusion.com URL: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR