From: Kelly Felkins <railsinator@...>
Date: 2005-08-31T09:52:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Linux & Windows

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The only incompatibility I've found is the mysql host specified in the=20
database configuration file. I think on linux you use 'localhost' and on=20
windows you have to say 127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1>. Actually I suspect th=
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127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1> works fine on both.=20

On 8/30/05, Tim Ferrell <Tim.Ferrell@s0nspark.com> wrote:
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> Well, I can tell you I miss a real shell on Windows ... cygwin doesn't=20
> really do
> it for me. :-)
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> Thanks for the thoughts...
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> Tim
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> Robert Oliver wrote:
> > It might just be me, but Ruby seems to run slower under Windows, in=20
> almost
> > every operation. This is just my observation though and may be not the=
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> norm.
> >
> > As far as development platforms for Ruby go, I can tell you from=20
> personal
> > experience that Linux has many strong points in its favor towards Ruby
> > development. First off, MySQL seems to feel more at home on Linux than=
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> in
> > Windows, and its usually installed on most distributions by default.
> > Secondly, KDE's (and Gnome's to, I'm not sure, I'm a KDE person) abilit=
y=20
> to
> > use ftp:// and scp:// type filestreams in its file I/O are huge=20
> timesavers,
> > and nothing in Windows can come quite close to this.
> >
> > That being said, if you're more familiar with Windows, its just plain=
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> easier
> > to use Windows than Linux. The Windows command line however really in m=
y
> > opinion is just enough to be called a console, and Linux / bash beats=
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> this
> > hands down. It just seems easier to develop with Ruby under Linux for=
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> me.
> >
> > That's my $0.025 :)
> >
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