Hi, 

In message "[ruby-talk:00268] win32 request"
    on 99/04/11, "bryce" <thecrow / cyberdude.com> writes:

>Matz, would it be possible for you to not only have the
>    ruby.exe (console)
>but have a
>    rubyw.exe (for no-console)
>????
>
>Just wondering.  I think this would be nice.

In message [ruby-dev:6577](in Japanese), WATANABE Hirofumi said that 
it can be easily obtained by gcc with `-mwindows' option at `make'. 
# but such exe cannot handle stdin/stdout. 

He also suggested that rubyw.exe will be bundled in the next release, 
maybe. 

-- gotoken