From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@...>
Date: 2001-09-21T02:20:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21448] Re: Getting Started

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Gaylon Ross wrote:
> 
> I have a downloaded Ruby 1 6.5. I am using Windows 98 as the OS.  I have
> been using C for several years and C++ as of late.  I also use Borland
> C++Builder.  But----after downloading and extracting the download, I am
> at a loss as to how to get Ruby up and running.  Can anyone take the
> time out to help a helpless neophyte?
> 

I guess the first thing you'll notice as the difference is that there is
no explicit compile step.  So try
'irb'  then type some commands. like 
'puts "a string"' 

Once you're familiar with that, dump a sequence of commands into a text
file, save it as 'somefile', and run the command 'ruby somefile'.

Judging from your background, I can only assume that you are adrift,
looking for complexity that just isn't there.  Just start iteratively
goofing with the command-line interpreter, and work up from there.