From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2006-07-22T01:05:07+09:00 Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005? On 7/21/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Austin Ziegler wrote: > > This is a non-issue. The people who want a Ruby+compiler combination > > are wanting something unreasonable. Ruby should not come with a C/C++ > > compiler under any circumstance. > but building extension is a language feature - if what you say is true then > ruby should not ship with mkmf.rb. No, Ara, it's not a language feature. It's something that *can* be done, but you'll note that Ruby doesn't ship with a compiler on any other platform. And don't tell me that that's because those other platforms include compilers -- you don't put a compiler on a real production machine. A C/C++ compiler is wholly separate from Ruby and must be treated as such. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin@halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin@zieglers.ca