From: John Carter <john.carter@...>
Date: 2006-06-13T11:51:38+09:00
Subject: Re: [Fun] self nesting array [[...]]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Meinrad Recheis wrote:

> I had the crazy idea to infinitely nest an array.

While we having harmless, silly, gibbering fun, how about....

irb
irb(main):001:0> a={}
=> {}
irb(main):002:0> a[a]=a
=> {{...}=>{...}}
irb(main):003:0> a[a][a][a][a][a][a]
=> {{...}=>{...}}
irb(main):004:0>


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