From: Lyle Johnson <ljohnson@...>
Date: 2002-02-23T04:40:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows Installer Ruby 166-0 available

> >Note that this does *not* use Cygwin, so some I/O functionality
> >will not be available.
> >
>
> Hmmm.  Please forgive my silly question, but does this mean that
> the "installer" doesn't require Cygwin, or that ruby doesn't
> use Cygwin?

Both ;) The installer doesn't require Cygwin, and the Ruby it installs
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?

This has been discussed heavily in the past on the newsgroup and mailing
list; check the archives. Some of the pros and cons are listed on these
pages:

    http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?WindowsSupport
    http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?FutureWindows

but this isn't the whole story.