From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T21:04:08+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

On 8/31/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a little puzzled by Nobu's comment:
>
> [quote]
> 64-bit ruby is binary incompatible with 32-bit ruby.
> So it isn't concerned with 32-bit One-Click Installer.
> [/quote]
>
> What does this mean?

It means that in theory, we could switch to MinGW and worry about a
64-bit OCI later. However, I think that we're going to need a 64-bit
OCI at some point sooner rather than later (although I will *not* be
able to help with that in any way). The real downside to the 64-bit
OCI, though, is that we *will* have to compile all of the supporting
libraries ourselves because no one else is yet offering 64-bit Windows
versions of their code (e.g., OpenSSL, pdcurses, etc.) for download.

-austin
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