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Re: [FR-devel] freeride and the thread fix
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NISHIO Mizuho |
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Re: [FR-devel] freeride and the thread fix |
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Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:05:04 +0900 |
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At Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:09:23 -0700,
Curt Hibbs wrote:
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> Laurent Julliard wrote:
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> > Another naive question: why Windows users prefer the MSWIN build over
> > the Cygwin build?
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> Cygwin has lots of problems. Most come up when you try to run multiple
> applications that use Cygwin.
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> Mingw looks like a very good choice over cygwin and still provides unix
> compatibility. I'm not sure why mingw was not chosen.
Though I don't confirm it...
In current Ruby CVS, mswin and mingw are handled with the same platform.
The extension libraries built on mswin and mingw are compatible.
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Re: [FR-devel] freeride and the thread fix, Laurent Julliard, 2002/08/30