Re: Ruby newbie question

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"jumbo" <bigggray / zoo.da> wrote in message news:<lhLZ9.54$XU7.21917869 / newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>... > 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 Hi! Maybe it pays to try PrimalScript?