From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-09-07T11:28:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Poetry Jam 05: A Ruby Octet

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Devin Mullins wrote:

> Jacob Fugal wrote:
>
>> Well, they don't have to be verified to produce a certain output...
>> simply that they compile as valid ruby code. That's as easy as
>> select-copy from the browser, then in a terminal:
>> 
>> $ ruby
>> <paste>
>> CTRL-D
>> 
> Actually, even easier. Since I was nice enough to include __END__ after each 
> poem, just include that in your paste, and Ruby treats it like a CTRL-D.

or, even easier if you use a mailer that has vim for it's editor:  select the
lines visually (using 'shift-v' and the arrow or movement (jkl;) keys), then
type ':!ruby'.  this will replace the poem source with it's output - all
without a mouse or leaving your mailer.

;-)

-a
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