From: Roger Pack Date: 2008-12-19T02:06:57+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:20656] Re: ruby take non .rb files? > In JRuby's case, it would present a problem: run the .rb file or the > precompiled .class file? I suspect that a future 1.9 version that supports > precompiling would run into the same issue. I'd probably recompile if they're different. Re: nobu: As you may have guessed, I am on windows [though in this instance, it was inspired by a use in linux]. The use case I'm referring to is $ touch test.rb $ ruby test ruby: No such file or directory -- test (LoadError) Thanks much. Happy Holidays. -=R