an example for using inline gem

ruby_inline_c.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#note: do not use *.rb for shell execution. Copy and rename to "ruby_inline_c".

require 'rubygems'
require 'inline'

class Example

	inline(:C) do |builder|

	   builder.c "int method_test1() {
		      int x = 10;
		      return x;
	   }"

	end
end

p Example.new.method_test1 

I am very much interested in using ruby extensions in my code because I want to learn how to access
my alsa for my debian system. Could I use Timidity libs as well? I want to get some midi tunes running
live using ruby.
Thanks in advance.