From: Curt Hibbs Date: 2005-12-28T11:59:12+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby 1.8.4 released I think I'm going to stick with VC++ 7.1 for this round. I have a limited amount of time, and I know people are anxious to get their hands on a 1.8.4 version of the one-click installer. Curt On 12/27/05, Austin Ziegler wrote: > 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 > >