From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T12:33:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

Curt Hibbs 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
> 
> 
Can gcc 4.1.1 and supporting goodies run on Windows? From what I hear,
it's the compiler of choice for 64-bit systems.Gentoo 2006.1 just came
out today and they're on 4.1.1 now. I'm in the process of migrating to
4.1.1 even as we speak on my Gentoo boxes.