From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2004-09-16T23:05:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Hacking the Ruby interpreter

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:04:50AM +0900, Tim Hunter wrote:
> I've got an idea for a hack^H^H^H^H enhancement to the interpreter that I'd
> like to try out. If it works, I was thinking of distributing it as a patch.
> If somebody wanted to use it, they'd have to d/l the Ruby tarball, apply
> the patch, build, and install.

If at all possible, implement it as an extension first so people who
want to try it can do so without patching Ruby.  Sometimes this is not
possible; other times it is possible but requires weird hacks.

Paul