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# My options when writing a gem containing non-Ruby code
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| Your support burden | MRI? | Rubinius? | MacRuby? | JRuby? | Google App Engine? |
|-------------------------+------+-----------+----------+--------+--------------------|
| Two branches: FFI and C | YES | YES | YES | YES* | NO |
| Two branches: JVM and C | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| One branch: FFI | YES* | NO-ish | NO | YES* | NO |
| One branch: C | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| One branch: JVM | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES |
* Suboptimal performance relative to native C code or pure bytecode
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