From: Benoit Cerrina <benoit.cerrina@...>
Date: 2001-10-04T17:07:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22061] Re: Let's work on Windows support


"Aleksei Guzev" <aleksei.guzev@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:000201c14c84$bc52c6a0$665e0cc3@p32...
> # Problem is not compilation but runtime compatibility, you
> # need to be able to use an extension without having to
> # recompile it.
>
> There should be no problem with DLL compatibility. While people are
> using those MingW, cygwin etc they build their problems.
> Regard Windows as a huge expensive library set like Tk or FOX. Thus why
> should one use a library between Ruby code and another library?

mingw is no library it is the compiler you speak of


> They say, Windows API is not good, Windows application's code is huge...
> But I say it was object-oriented at its foundation and it is
> object-oriented for now. We should use it right.
> http://disainis.utnet.ru/w2k/w2k.html  (some days ago a CPU had melted
> itself. That was why people could not reach the files. I replaces the
> processor).
>
>
I agree, area where they have a huge lead is also:
    scripting support (no *nix equivalent to activescripting)
    shell extensions and specifically shell namespace extensions
Benoit
PS:
if you can point me to a downloadable free as in beer compiler I can use
with the sdk
I'll go right along.