t3chn0n3rd wrote:
> right now I am running ruby on red hat 8.  Is there a compiler for
> windows vista?
> 

If by "compiler" you mean "interpreter," then yes. Google 
"ruby+windows". If by "compiler" you mean "a thing that turns Ruby code 
into object code," then no. There are no Ruby compilers. If you mean 
something else, please clarify.

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