From: Lennon Day-Reynolds <rcoder@...>
Date: 2004-07-19T07:18:38+09:00
Subject: Re: scripting language (fwd)

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 06:06:38 +0900, tony summerfelt
<snowzone5@hotmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> when it comes to ruby, if the module doesn't include vc++
> source/makefile, or a windows binary, i have to let it go, no matter
> how much i want to use it.

Modules that use the 'mkmf' library to generate their own makefiles
should support whatever compiler was used to build your installation
of Ruby. If the author hasn't used 'mkmf', or has specifically blocked
builds on Windows, there may be a good reason (i.e., compatibility
problems beyond compilers).

Lennon