From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2011-03-16T00:40:23+09:00
Subject: Re: extconf.rb spitting out SH Makefile on windows?

On Mar 15, 3:09 am, Mr Eiland <mreiland1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It sounds to me like it has more to do with some of Ruby's design
> decisions, which is something I can believe.
>

Yes and no, see what I've mentioned about CRT mismatch.

> This will definitely be the last Ruby project I do on Windows, the Ruby
> team needs to work on their windows support.  I'm a unix weenie so it's
> natural for me to use the mingw toolchain, but others aren't so
> fortunate.
>

And so the same for Visual Studio.

> And no, I'm not willing to put forth my time to do it, I'll just be sure
> and avoid Ruby on windows from now on.  Ruby is a beautiful language,
> but as far as I'm concerned it's hardly usable on Windows.

Then stop complaining. If you're not willing to contribute back, then
shut up.

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Luis Lavena