From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2004-11-02T09:41:52+09:00
Subject: Re: location of core *.rb source files?

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:37:39 +0900, Corey <corey_s@qwest.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I'm brand new to ruby - just got a copy of the pickaxe II and am working
> through the beginning chapters.
> 
> First thing I did after installing ruby is I went and nosed around in the
> sources and just kinda got a feel for things.  However, now I'm looking
> for the core stuff; particularly Array, Enumerable, Object, etc., etc...
> but can't seem to find the code!  I'm sure this is a stupid question, but
> where do I find the core/built-in/kernel ruby modules?
> 
> I've looked under /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/, but all that seems to be the external
> library stuff: ie. yaml, cgi, test, etc. etc.
> 

A lot of things, such as Array, Enumerable, and Object are implemented
in C, not in Ruby.

-austin
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