rspec users - Dec 2006 - Rspec/Ruby to test software written in other languages?

Is anyone here using Rspec and Ruby to test software written in other 
languages? I''m about to start an R language project, and may also be 
doing some work in another language (I''m not sure which one yet, but 
it''s one of the ones that''s part of the Axiom symbolic math
package).
I''d dearly love a test framework that can handle all three languages, 
rather than using Rspec for Ruby, R''s own "RUnit" for the R
code, and
yet another framework, if even one exists, for the third language.

I''ve spent a couple of weeks familiarizing myself with the basic Rspec 
tool set. A lot of this is new to me, and seems very strange. Most of 
the projects I work on involve translating known algorithms on known 
data types into working code in some language, and there are usually 
test cases given in the books. So my typical modus operandi is to punch 
the whole algorithm into a file, punch the test case into another file, 
and iterate until everything works.

-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits
fire.

On 12/17/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at cesmail.net>
wrote:
> Is anyone here using Rspec and Ruby to test software written in other
> languages?
Java.

At work we''re using RSpec (and Watir) to specify the behaviour of a
web application written in Java. The specs are written up-front, prior
to the Java code.

You can read more about it here:
http://blog.aslakhellesoy.com/articles/2006/12/02/getting-screenshots-from-watir

Although I haven''t done so beyond toying with it, you can also use
RSpec on JRuby to verify behaviour of arbitrary Java code. More info
here:

http://www.infoq.com/news/2006/11/RSpecOnJRuby

Cheers,
Aslak