From: "Albert L. Wagner" <alwagner@...>
Date: 2002-02-23T04:20:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows Installer Ruby 166-0 available

Mark Probert wrote:
> 
<snip>
> Hmmm.  Please forgive my silly question, but does this mean that
> the "installer" doesn't require cygwin, or that ruby doesn't
> use cygwin?
> 
> If the latter, what is the major advantage(s) of creating a
> "native win32" stream? Is there some pressing reason not to
> use the cygwin dll?

-Some- people thought so.

<snip>