From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T21:21:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Can ruby replace c?

Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@free.fr> writes:

> En réponse à Nikolai Weibull :
>> 
>>>Can ruby replace c ?
>> irb(main):001:0> i = 0; "c".upto("ruby"){ i += 1 }; p i
>> 330639
>> So there are quite a few iterations left before C will become Ruby
>> (and,
>> given that D has been around for quite some time and hasn’t become even
>> close to finished, I’m guessing that the answer is “no”),
>>         nikolai
>> 
>
> This one really cracked me up! The first time I see a joke written in
> a programming language!!!

irb(main):002:0> "c".gsub!(/ruby/, "replacement")
=> nil

No, ruby can not replace c.

> Christophe Grandsire.
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