From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-08-15T23:27:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Building a REPL for Ruby

Shalev NessAiver schrieb:
> Yes, I know ruby already has irb, but I have a friend who keeps  
> engaging me in these python vs. ruby wars and he recently submitted  the 
> challenge to me to
> 
> "Write a fully featured REPL for ruby in 70 lines or less.   
> Furthermore, it can't be written in ruby."
> 
> I was thinking of using Ruby/C but I've never wrote anything like  this 
> before.  Is their any tips anyone can give me so I can uphold  ruby's 
> honor?

Maybe not fully featured, but it's a start:

   loop do
     print "=> "
     puts( eval( gets ) )
   end

What features are you and your friend looking for?

Regards,
Pit