From: Alexandru Popescu Date: 2006-09-01T04:20:01+09:00 Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released On 8/31/06, Curt Hibbs wrote: > On 8/31/06, Alexandru Popescu wrote: > > On 8/31/06, Austin Ziegler wrote: > > > On 8/30/06, Alexandru Popescu wrote: > > > > I agree with this, but I wonder if there is somebody that has > > > > succesfully compiler Ruby with VC8. I rember somebody has started this > > > > process (Austin is it you?), but never heard of the final result. > > > > > > I had actually started and I did get a running Ruby. But I had to do a > > > *lot* of extra stuff toward getting a working One-Click Installer > > > approach. > > > > > > > That's good to know, at least the result was not negative. > > > > > I have recently had time to install the appropriate development tools > > > on my laptop (my old Windows laptop, not a virtual environment in my > > > Mac, which I will be doing later), so I hope to pick this up again to > > > help with the effort we were talking with Microsoft about. > > > > > > > Please do so :-], till MS guys will not change their minds. > > > > 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? > > > > ./alex > > I think he means that since 64-bit Ruby and 32-bit Ruby are completely > incompatible with each other, that it would not be necessary to choose > the same solution both. Meaning that it would be ok, for example, to > choose MinGW for 32-bit Ruby and VC++ for 64-bit Ruby. > Hmmm... I really don't think this would be a good decission. I see that there will be more effort needed for supporting 64-bit Ruby, but to completely double it doesn't seem to be the best option. just my 2 eurocents, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. > I could be wrong, but that was how I read it. > > Curt > >