From: Glenn Parker <glenn.parker@...>
Date: 2005-04-12T22:27:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Translating A Pattern of Data Into Equation, and ultimately code

Martin DeMello wrote:
>>
>>s.gsub(/./){|c|((c[0]-?`)^($`.size+1)).chr}
> 
> returns a string of \000 here
> 
> irb(main):003:0> s = "abc"
> => "abc"
> irb(main):004:0>  s.gsub(/./){|c|((c[0]-?`)^($`.size+1)).chr}
> => "\000\000\000"

Well, that's pretty funny, but it's also correct.  This particular 
encoding, operating on the alphabet, i.e. "abcdefg..." produces all 
zeros.  Think about it.

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