From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-01-28T23:29:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:09 AM, Zach Dennis wrote:

> def require( str )
>   if File.directory?( str )
>     Dir["#{str}/**/*.rb"].each do |file|
>       require file[0..-4]
>     end
>   else
>     super
>   end
> end

This seems to make a nice entry for the list of things to tell Java 
programmers:

* If a Ruby core method isn't behaving quite like you need it to, just 
edit it to fit your task.

James Edward Gray II