From: "Guy N. Hurst" <gnhurst@...>
Date: 2002-03-19T23:32:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Development of Windows version of Ruby

Erik B�gfors wrote:
...
> That doesn't mean that windows-support is not important.  However, if
> there are so many developers on the windows-platform they should be able
> to make ruby work better on windows.  I think I read somewhere that Matz
> said "don't ask me about windows" which I interpret as "I don't do
> windows but if other people does it that's great". (Correct me if I'm
> wrong here).
> 

sounds about right to me

> So.. grab your windows-developer-friends and get to work on making ruby
> better on windows, as Matz and other people works on making it better on
> other systems.  Don't EXPECT ruby to work great on windows, MAKE it work
> great on windows.
>

I think this is all so true, which is why I fished for Windows developers
a few times, both on the mailing list and at RubyConf. So once again, are
there any good windows developers reading this? And I don't mean VB people,
because I suspect this will require some hard core C/C++ win32 developers
familiar with compilers and multiple winXX versions. Of course, the next
question is: who's going to pay for it? ;-) 
Now's probably a good time for us to get an update on the Ruby Foundation,
too. Chad? dblack?  :-)


Guy N. Hurst


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