Thank you for writing about your experience! I agree that it's a big problem that Ruby has such a poor ecosystem on Windows.
I know there's always the good ol' "why don't you just use Linux or MacOS?" excuse, but I think it's a total cop-out. "Please install another operating system" is never going to be a compelling argument if we want to make people interested in the language.
We're alienating so many wonderful beginners and experienced programmers by doing that.
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Thank you for writing about your experience! I agree that it's a big problem that Ruby has such a poor ecosystem on Windows.
I know there's always the good ol' "why don't you just use Linux or MacOS?" excuse, but I think it's a total cop-out. "Please install another operating system" is never going to be a compelling argument if we want to make people interested in the language.
We're alienating so many wonderful beginners and experienced programmers by doing that.