From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T22:49:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Is the Ruby executable written in C?

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 10:34:19PM +0900, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Jeffrey Schwab <jeff@schwabcenter.com> writes:
> 
> > Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> >> Is the Ruby executable written in C?
> >
> > It seems to be written in a version of C that I found a little
> > difficult to read.  It uses old K&R style function declarations, and
> > uses macros in places I'm not used to seeing them.  Honestly, I'd love
> > to spend some time hacking the VM, but it looks prohibitively
> > difficult.  Maybe someone will enlighten me. :)
> 
> The Perl source is worse.

According to Nat Torkington, the Perl source is "an interconnected mass
of livers and pancreas and lungs and little sharp pointy things and the
occasional exploding kidney."

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Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]

"A script is what you give the actors.  A program
is what you give the audience." - Larry Wall