From: aschneiderman@... Date: 2000-10-14T07:10:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:5523] RE: Trouble setting up Ruby on Win98 In article , Aleksi Niemel wrote: > http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/4008 Thanks very much for this information; this is just what I was looking for. If this doesn't make its way into the FAQ (or into whatever David Thomas hinted was going to be announced) very soon, I'd be happy help whoever maintains the FAQ put it in. > > Also, what is cygwin? > I guess it took me about the same time as for you to make the question. > > And I'm sure you also tried http://www.cygwin.com/ and just missed the info > at banner and main text :). It's not that I don't know how to search the web, it's just that in 2001, I assume that new-fangled systems actually have READMEs, FAQs, etc. that will let an average programmer figure out how to install something without engaging in a treasure hunt. Given that I didn't find the information about the two flavors of Ruby, cygwin, etc. in the Ruby documentation or FAQ, I figure I must have overlooked something. Silly me. > I'm sorry I can't help you more than this, but as I prefer other working > environments than Windows, I don't have up to date info how to proceed. Actually, most of the work I'm going to do in Ruby will be on a Linux web server; I'm hoping to replace a lot of our Perl and Python CGIs. But before I ask our overworked sys admins to install something neew, first I want to make sure Ruby as much of an improvement over Perl and Python as some claim. So far, my experience w/ Ruby leaves a lot to be desired. If it weren't for the ringing endorsements by Hunt, Thomas, and Beck, I'd have stopped by now. Here's looking forward to the H&T Ruby book... Thanks, Anders Schneiderman The National Journal Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.