From: John Lam <drjflam@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T02:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

I just sent out a mail to some friends at MSFT to see if this is even
remotely possible. VC 6 is a really old product, but I could imagine
the approvals that would be necessary to make something like this
happen.

I wouldn't hold my breath, but you never know ... :)

-John
http://www.iunknown.com


On 8/30/06, Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Berger, Daniel <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> That's a very interesting idea. It would really provide a standard
> environment for building ruby extensions.
>
> Curt
>
>