From: Randy Lawrence <jm@...>
Date: 2004-07-05T07:04:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Which version of Ruby is most widely used?

Lothar Scholz wrote:

> Hello Randy,
> 
> RL> What version of Ruby are most of us currenting using?
> 
> RL> Are most using 1.8.0?  Or are most sticking with 1.6.x until 1.8.2 comes
> RL> out in mid-July?
> 
> RL> For Ruby on Windows, I've heard a recommendation by someone to stick
> RL> with 1.8.0 instead of 1.8.1 (but that was a while back).
> 
> This was for a bug in the Pragmatic Programmer Installer.
> Can the people on this list please be a little bit more precise !
> 
> It's the same as saying that Linux sucks because SUSE 8.2 has a
> configuation bug in the YAST control program.
> 
> 
> 

First, I don't think Ruby 1.8.1 for Windows sucks and I apologize if 
anyone gets that impression by reading my post.  I use both Ruby 1.8.0 
and 1.8.1 on Windows 2000 and they both work fine for me.

Second, the Pragmatic Programmer Installer (a Windows version of Ruby) 
is now simply called "RubyInstaller" and can be found at:

	http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

It appears there are currently 3 different releases of RubyInstaller for 
Ruby 1.8.1 and a release candidate for Ruby 1.8.2.

RubyInstaller is described on their website as:

This is a "one-click", self-contained Windows installer that contains 
the Ruby language itself, dozens of popular extensions and packages, a 
syntax-highlighting editor and execution environment, and a Windows help 
file that contains the full text of the book, "Programming Ruby: The 
Pragmatic Programmer's Guide".