# Ruby newbie question

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-newbie-question/4431>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [31 January 2003 00:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-newbie-question/4431 "2003-01-31T00:24:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![gabriele\_renzi4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@gabriele\_renzi4](https://rubytalk.org/u/gabriele_renzi4)\
**Post date:** [31 January 2003 00:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-newbie-question/4431/1 "2003-01-31T00:24:20Z")

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that’s a reason why I miss RubyWin in the PragInstaller :°°

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> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:20:49 GMT, “jumbo” [bigggray@zoo.da](mailto:bigggray@zoo.da) wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > A couple of years ago I started playing around with Python, and like it.  
> > Then about six months ago I tried Ruby. I decided at that time to stay with  
> > Python for this type of programming, but recently decided to give Ruby  
> > another try. This time, I’m beginning to like Ruby more. Mostly I program  
> > in a Linux evironment using joe (as I do with C++ and Python).
> > 
> > I decided to try Ruby in Windows (XP) and downloaded it from the Practical  
> > Programmer site. The package includes a spiffy editor SciTE, but when I try  
> > to run my program from within this editor, it seems to not know about  
> > standard input. It gives a bad file descriptor error for gets whether I  
> > simply write it gets or $stdin.gets.
> > 
> > Am I missing something. Any help will be appreciated.
> > 
> > Ed Connell