On 8/23/06, ryan.raaum / gmail.com <ryan.raaum / gmail.com> wrote: > The key here is that you have a tool (VC6) which is not generally > available. If one doesn't have this tool, as I don't, then extending > ruby on windows becomes much more challenging. Sorry for being thick headed -- I can see where this would be a problem. I have many different Win32 C/C++ compilers dating back to a pile of 5.25" floppies from Zortech, so I never considered this. Just to check I shot over to ebay -- VC 6 goes for more than Studio 2005 (I was thinking you would be able to pick it up for next to nothing). pth