> Ruby not being easily installed on windows back then stopped new blood as well. Also the lack of something akin to Python's IDLE in the standard install, to

> Ruby not being easily installed on windows back then stopped new blood as well. Also the lack of something akin to Python's IDLE in the standard install, to decrease set-up attrition for beginners. E.g. see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16042945/rubys-irb-with-what-is-equivalent-to-the-python-shell-with-idle-on-windows?noredirect=1 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16042945/rubys-irb-with-...