From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2003-12-21T21:37:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Windows, Compiler (like DJGPP)

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Lothar Scholz wrote:

# Hello Legion,
# 
# Sunday, December 21, 2003, 9:21:54 AM, you wrote:
# 
# L> DJGPP.. double click rhide and i'm in business). Does ruby have any similar
# L> compilation interfaces like DJGPP does?
# 
# No because it is not a compiler. You run it "ruby.exe file.rb" thats
# all. But with this question sit down and read a book about ruby first
# before asking more questions.
# 

If you have installed the pragmatic programmers' Ruby installer, the help 
file included is actually their book Programming Ruby, which would be an 
excellent introduction (it's better in paper, though).

You could also start out with the irb (interactive ruby) command:

C:\Documents and Settings\Chad>irb --simple-prompt --readline
>> 10.times {
?>   puts "Hello"
>> }
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
=> 10
>> "Hello".class
=> String
>> Dir.pwd
=> "C:/Documents and Settings/Chad">> Dir.chdir "/"
=> 0
>> Dir.pwd
=> "C:/"
etc.

Chad