> On Dec 4, 6:33 pm, Jim Knowlton <jknowlton...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am a QA engineer who works in Ruby quite a bit, and I've never been > > able to figure out...why is there a disproportionately large > > contingent of Mac users among Ruby developers? Macs are probably 10 > > percent of the computer market, but every time I go to a Ruby > > conference, probably 80 percent of the laptops there are Macs. > > > > Well a least one reason is that ruby on windows has historically been not > such a > great proposition due to slower speed and hassle installing gems with native > extensions. > > Fred >
True enough, alas. But thanks to the efforts of Luis Lavena and the others working on rake-compiler and the new rubyinstaller for windows (rubyinstaller.org), things are getting better and better for windows based rubyists. 1.9 is noticeably faster, and DevKit lets gem developers on non-windows platforms easily include windows-compatible binary components w/their gems. -Roy GHC Confidentiality Statement This message and any attached files might contain confidential information protected by federal and state law. The information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entities originally named as addressees. The improper disclosure of such information may be subject to civil or criminal penalties. If this message reached you in error, please contact the sender and destroy this message. Disclosing, copying, forwarding, or distributing the information by unauthorized individuals or entities is strictly prohibited by law. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
