From: Curt Hibbs Date: 2005-11-17T02:50:55+09:00 Subject: Re: interactive shell on windows ------=_Part_7419_32447776.1132163453774 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Instead of typing "ruby", type "irb" (stands for interactive ruby). Curt On 11/16/05, py wrote: > > I downloaded and installed Ruby via the One-Click installer, version > 1.8.2-15. So I open a command prompt (on windows xp) and type "ruby". > > After typing "ruby" i type, > puts "Hello world!" > > ....but I dont see Hello world! printed out. Am I missing something, am > I doing something wrong? I happened to try pressing Ctrl+Z to exit > ruby (..forgive me I am coming from Python)...and then I saw "hello > world!" printed out....but that doesn't seem right. > > Thanks > > > ------=_Part_7419_32447776.1132163453774--