There were a long discussion on taking the Ruby Windows install to MSVC.
I can now give one example where this did make a great difference.
I recall trying to test some fixes to WIN32OLE about a year ago. But it was
a complete neightmare to get changes integrated and get the source compiled.
Today I just replaced a file, ran extconf.rb and nmake install. And then it
worked.
That is a huge improvement over the previous experience where I never really
got it working and spend a lot of time downloading tools from cygwin.
Of course some of the changes may be specific to WIN32OLE.
Mikkel
“MikkelFJ” mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com writes:
There were a long discussion on taking the Ruby Windows install to MSVC.
I can now give one example where this did make a great difference.
That’s great to hear.
However, in the interests of giving credit where it’s due, Andy is the
one who puts that install together. My main contribution to the effort
is nagging him every now and then 
Cheers
Dave
“Dave Thomas” Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com wrote in message
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“MikkelFJ” mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com writes:
However, in the interests of giving credit where it’s due, Andy is the
one who puts that install together. My main contribution to the effort
is nagging him every now and then
Uh sorry, it was Andy I was thinking of, really.
PragDave is just such a catchy name 
Mikkel
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MikkelFJ mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com wrote:
“Dave Thomas” Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com wrote in message
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“MikkelFJ” mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com writes:
However, in the interests of giving credit where it’s due, Andy is the
one who puts that install together. My main contribution to the effort
is nagging him every now and then
Uh sorry, it was Andy I was thinking of, really.
PragDave is just such a catchy name
How about PragDave and AgileAndy?
Phil