From: John Lam <drjflam@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T03:30:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a list if we get the go-ahead.

This is something that various folks at MSFT have fought for over the
years - getting a compiler into the core Windows distribution. That's
*finally* going to happen with Vista since .NET FX 3.0 ships as an
install-by-default optional component (check box is on by default but
no dependencies on .NET FX 3.0 by the core OS). C# and VB.NET will be
there, but I don't know if VC++ will be there.

-John
http://www.iunknown.com


On 8/30/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> --
> :Architect of InfoQ.com:
>  .w( the_mindstorm )p.
>
> > -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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>