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I don't know about Ruby, but can you please elaborate about Python? I'd argue that non-cross platform Python code is actually quite uncommon. There are of cour

I don't know about Ruby, but can you please elaborate about Python? I'd argue that non-cross platform Python code is actually quite uncommon. There are of course OS-specific features that can be bound to Python code, but those can be bound to Java code as well.

kyllo 12y ago
Getting the development environment set up on Windows can be a pain. Trying to build an existing project that was developed on UNIX, you have to replace any shell scripts, make sure your Windows Path variable is right, set up a new virtualenv, etc. But the biggest problem isn't the Python code, it's compiling the libraries that are written in C/C++, Fortran, etc. It can be a struggle to get some of those to compile on Windows, and they do not support Cygwin either.