From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-07-28T19:11:34+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, write it in C

Well, you need the compiler chain if you want to compile, that is what
inline does.

On windows, you have three options:

- MS - you can get by with their free compiler (VS Express or something)
- cygwin
- mingw

I have full VS, and inline worked for me when I started the program
with proper environment (=proper paths set), although I've tried only
the examples. And it seems VC6 and VC7 (VS2003) are better to use due
to the manifest stuff that VC8 (VS2005) creates.

I haven't tried cygwin or mingw.

J.

On 7/28/06, Pit Capitain <pit@capitain.de> wrote:
> Ryan Davis schrieb:
> > On Jul 26, 2006, at 2:23 AM, Pit Capitain wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm on Windows, so I can't use Ruby Inline (+1 for MinGW btw :-)
> >
> > Others have reported being able to use inline on windows... why can't you?
>
> Ryan, googling for
>
>    "ruby inline" windows
>
> gave me no usable hint among the first 50 results besides using cygwin.
> Do you have a link to the reports you mention?
>
> Maybe I should have written that giving that I'm using the One Click
> Installer, don't have the Windows compiler toolchain, and am not willing
> to use cygwin, I can't use Ruby Inline. Is this better?
>
> But, instead I might try to use Ruby Inline with MinGW, so thanks for
> the question.
>
> Regards,
> Pit
>
>