[tex-live] Ruby interpreter in the TeXLive distribution?

[Hans Hagen]

Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
>>>>>> "Gerben" == Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> writes:
>>>>>>             
>
>   > On Jun 28, 2006, at 16:58, Richard Gabriel wrote:
>   >> Hello TeXLive maintainers,
>   >> 
>   >> I'd like to ask the following question: ConTeXt has 'migrated'
>   >> most of its scripts from Perl to Ruby.  Would it be possible to
>   >> include Ruby to the TeXLive distribution?
>
>   > I wonder if that would be a good idea. Perl is not part of TL
>   > either, is it? 
>
> Yes, there is a Perl for Windows.
>
>   > What could help people is to add warnings if certain tools are not
>   > available, advising the user to install them.
>   
makes sense
> No need to provide these programs for UNIX.  But for Windows it's
>   
at least on my linux box, ruby did not get installed by default, so we 
cannot assume it to be installed
> helpful if important programs are on the CD or DVD.
>   
ruby and perl for windows can be downloaded from several places and installation is no real problem. 

Hans 

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