Git Bash and Ruby

Question

I have a Windows laptop and I just recently installed Git, choosing to use Git Bash as my terminal because I am more familiar with the commands. I've installed Ruby but when I try to run this sample program the terminal executes the 'gets' method and then the 'puts'

The following code

puts("Welcome to Calculator")
puts("What's the first number")
number1=gets
puts number1

When run from Git Bash results in this interaction with the terminal

2
Welcome to Calculator!
What's the first number?
2

instead of

Welcome to Calculator!
What's the first number?
2
2

I've tested it in a different environment and the program works fine. Is the problem caused by trying to use Git Bash to execute code on a Windows machine? Should I refrain from doing so?

Answer 1

Take a look here:

Cmd and Git bash have a different result when run a Python code

The windows terminal uses strange buffered streams. Try to force the flush like the python example.