From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2005-12-28T05:28:03+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby 1.8.4 released On 27/12/05, Austin Ziegler wrote: > On 27/12/05, Bennett, Patrick wrote: > > Better optimizations... > > At least in theory, yes. More importantly: 1) it is now the supported > version of the compiler; 2) the PSDK includes the support necessary to > support Win32 and Win64 (both x86-64 and IA64). Both Microsoft and > Apple have placed big bets on x86-64, so compiling with the proper > compiler will at least make it that much easier to work with when we > start compiling for Win64. ...on the other hand, it will face the same difficulty that is still currently faced from time to time with respect to VC6 extensions working with VC7 and VC7.1 extensions. I am looking at recompiling everything that the winstaller uses with VC8 (which is, in fact version 14 of the compiler). You'll see that there are a few incompatibilities with the Ruby build process if you look on ruby-core. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca