From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-08-04T12:13:42+09:00
Subject: Re: For performance, write it in C

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> On 7/28/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>> So what is the source of the reluctance to use CygWin in the Ruby 
>> community?
>
> It's crap and doesn't mesh well with Windows itself.
>
> I have even recently (mostly) dumped it in favour of xming, because I
> was *only* using cygwin for X services.
>
> -austin
Ah ... I only use the client-side stuff, not the server "emulations". I 
use the CygWin Perl extensively, plus the command line and the X server. 
Once in a while, I need an open source piece of software that doesn't 
have a native Windows build ... at that point my first attempt is to 
compile and run it under CygWin. If that fails, I have a Gentoo Linux 
VMware virtual machine I use.

I suppose I should try Xming ... as long as it has a usable command 
line, I can get to ActiveState Perl.