From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-28T00:07:10+09:00
Subject: Re: The real Ruby vs. Python.

On Wednesday 27 October 2004 10:48 am, Howard Lewis Ship wrote:
| I tried using the basic Ruby for windows package and got a few
| mysterious errors ("readline.dll not found" when running  irb).
|
| I backed that out and used Cygwin to install ruby.  Now it runs perfectly.
|
| I was able to install RubyGems and start exploring that as well.  It
| didn't work with the "native" Ruby, but is completely seamless (to my
| cursory examination) when using Ruby under Cygwin.
|
| Cygwin, by explantion, is a POSIX layer on top of Windows.  It adds
| aptget/rpm type functionality ... you download a small installer and
| it downloads package descriptions for all the (Li|U)nixy stuff.  It
| handles downloading, installing, versioning, dependencies.
|
| http://www.cygwin.com/


Are there downsides to this approach for Windows users?

T.