From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-08-30T23:38:26+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Hibbs [mailto:ml.chibbs@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:19 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 
> 1.8.5-21 released
> 
> 
> On 8/29/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> > >
> > Speaking of which, I just installed Visual C++ Express on the gizmo 
> > that I get paid to sit in front of. :) So now I can 
> experience first 
> > had the thrills, chills and spills of Microsoft Development without 
> > parting with any cash. I think I have MinGW and MSys too; 
> something I 
> > installed required them. And of course I also have CygWin 
> and Plan C, 
> > aka VMware Server. :)
> >
> > So I think I'll download One Click and see if I can build 
> extensions, 
> > etc. Are there some *known* not to work with VC++ Express?
> 
> The compiler situation on windows is currently an 
> incompatible mess. We're persuing possible solutions (Austin 
> Ziegler is spearheading part of this with Microsoft). But 
> currently the only gauranteed safe way to compile extensions 
> is to use VC++ 6.
> 
> Curt

What about doing something along the lines of Strawberry Perl, i.e.
bundle a compiler with the distro?

http://win32.perl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strawberry_Perl

Regards,

Dan

PS - Maybe now would be a good time to finish up that Win32API article
I've been working on. :)


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