From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T12:00:46+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005?

gregarican wrote:
> I agree with this assertion. In my world I prefer to use Ruby for most
> tasks that I take up. But the handful of times I specifically abandon
> Ruby for Python is solely due to the fact that my ActiveState Python
> install under Windows doesn't hold me back from installing add-on
> libraries. So if I can't get something to work under Ruby in Windows
> then I just grab the equivalent Python libraries and use Python
> instead.
>   
Hmmm ... now it's starting to make sense. There's ActiveState Python, 
Perl and Tcl, CygWin Python, Perl and Tcl, and IIRC there are "native 
Windows builds" from the appropriate open source community for these 
three scripting languages.

There's a "native Windows build" of Ruby -- the one-click installer. And 
there's CygWin Ruby. But so far, ActiveState hasn't built a Ruby. They 
support Ruby in their Komodo IDE. Anyone here have a clue why there 
isn't an ActiveState Ruby?