<nobu.nokada / softhome.net> wrote: > Hi, > > > I believe this is contrasting behaviours of winmain{} and main{} > > in C rather than of Ruby itself. > > Usa reports it seems to be due to the difference between mswin > and bccwin, rather than ruby versions. Furthermore, bccwin > version rubyw.exe opens a console by just starting. > > -- > Nobu Nakada > Euuhhh, hadn't noticed that. Ruby Development Environment (RDE) ensures that I never see a console (using ruby or rubyw). If I did, I'd have been screaming ;) Thanks for the detail. daz