From: Mark Smith <spam@...>
Date: 2003-11-17T11:06:41+09:00
Subject: Re: BCC32 under win environment

Zach Dennis wrote:

> Has anyone compiled ruby with bcc32 under a windows environment( preferably
> win2000 ) successfully?
> 
> I'm having troubles.

Zach,

I compiled it with no trouble by following the steps in readme.bcc32 in 
the bcc32 folder--both under Win2K and WinXP.  Start a console.  Be sure 
you are in the "Ruby-1.8.1" directory.  Then, set your path to include 
both bin & the lib of bcc 
(path=%path%;c:\borland\bcc55\bin;c:\borland\bcc55\bib) and just follow 
the remaining steps.

It worked, and I was able to run basic Ruby programs successfully. 
However, what keeps me using Andy's Win32 install is all the little 
extras!  Even though I can compile with bcc, I have no clue how to 
compile all the great *.so file (like Oracle) that make Ruby such a 
valuable tool for me.

Also, there's a unique item with bcc32.  When you read a file, you must 
be sure to include the binary flag "b" or you'll have trouble with 
stripping characters--IIRC, lone CR's in mac files on my Win box.

(Now, if I only had a 4D plug-in to run Ruby in that environment!)

-- 
Regards,

Mark Smith
maslists [at] cox [dot] net