From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2002-08-28T20:27:22+09:00
Subject: Re: question about Ruby initial development

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 08:03:50PM +0900, Griff wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
>    Somewhere in the Ruby FAQ it says that Ruby is developed on Linux
> using 'C'. Does anybody know which distribution of Linux was/is used
> for doing this, (a) in the original stages of development and (b) more
> recently ?

I think I read somewhere matz currently uses Debian GNU/Linux.
The initial development (circa Feb 1993) wasn't done on Linux, but on some
propietary Un*x.

>    Also, presumably some Linux distributions are more compatible with
> Ruby than others ? (eg does anyone run Ruby on Slackware ?) - any
> guidance on this would be gratefully received.

I don't believe there's any distribution-specific thing in Ruby.
Sure, it is easier to do 
	apt-get install racc
than to go get the source, unpack and install, but there's no reason you
can't use Ruby in any distribution you like.

BTW, Ruby isn't limited to Linux, and it wouldn't make much sense if
Ruby could run in, say, Windows, but not in Slackware :-)

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