From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2002-12-20T09:37:51+09:00
Subject: Re: unix and windows {Re: [ANN] ByteCodeRuby 0.1.3}


"Austin Ziegler" <austin@halostatue.ca> wrote in message
news:200212191549.gBJFnbKO025368@qmail19.visto.com...

> Bollocks. Telling someone to use a non-standard and temperamental
development toolset for their platform is inappropriate. It's only slightly
better than telling someone to stop using Windows and start using Linux.

I fully agree with your view on cygwin and the inapropiateness of the
suggestion.

However, I would like to remind you that contrary to many other newsgroups,
it is possible discuss sensitive topics in comp.lang.ruby which would
immediately set off religion wars, flamings or worse in other groups.

The only way this can work is to politely accept other points of view and
possibly argue against these views in a polite manner.

We are not afraid to discuss strengths and weaknesses of Linux and Windows.
We often discuss other programming languages. I'd like to keep it that way.

Mikkel