From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T03:19:04+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

On 8/30/06, John Lam <drjflam@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ... :)
>

Hmmm... you are an optimistic person :-]. Is there a list of the
needed utilities that should be distributed? (I mean cl.exe, nmake,
etc).

./alex
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> 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
> >
> >
>
>