From: Michael Lam <wy2lam@...>
Date: 2000-10-21T08:40:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5724] Re: Editor recommandations?

>I am also interested in seeing a version of ruby that does not need helper
>programs such as cygwin etc.  What are the chances of that happening?

There are several versions of binaries for Windows.  One that is compiled using
cygwin, another using mingw32.  I use the mingw32 version and it does not
require the cygwin emulation layer.  You can try it too.