Guys any hints for this? Sorry for pushing it to the top, but I am still wondering what shall I use. once again thanks for any hints and ideas, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. On 7/16/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist / gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I know there are Ruby libs outthere that are coming with C extensions. > To get them working you usually do a ruby setup.rb on your > environment. But, having C extensions, they will require that your ENV > has a few more things available (I assume a make, C/C++ compiler at > least). > > My environment is a Win XP machine, but I am not doing anything > related to C/C++ (and I haven't done anything for quite a long > time.... so my knowledge became quite rusty about). I would like to > hear from you, more experienced rubiest, what would be the lightest > env that would allow me to use such Ruby libs (I would like to hear > more options with some pros/cons, so that I can decide which one would > better fit). > > Many thanks in advance, > > ./alex > -- > .w( the_mindstorm )p. >