From: "karlin.fox@..." <karlin.fox@...>
Date: 2005-09-01T09:01:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Linux & Windows

If you want a better windows shell, try cygwin with puttycyg:
(http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/~medgar/puttycyg/)

Also, beware when using C extensions in Ruby.  While C can obviously be
cross platform and many packages do just fine with this, the
installation (or worse, compilation) process can be vastly different.
I learned this trying to get Cairo to work with GTK on Linux and
Windows: quite a nightmare.