From: Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@...>
Date: 2001-10-02T07:17:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21894] Re: Let's work on Windows support

Robert Hicks:

> Coming from Python I am curious why they do not have this issue? Did
> they decide right up front how everyting was going to be and the Ruby
> community is just now deciding?

    Python on Windows concentrates on supporting the VC++ compiler. Other
compilers have been used but this support is maintained separately and not
shipped in the main distribution.

    Neil