From: S Wayne <wrecklass1@...>
Date: 2006-07-16T08:30:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Some questions about Ruby and it's environment...

Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality wrote:
>     The Windows command line certainly knows how to execute scripts (via
> "file associations" based on the extension) so I think it's up to Ruby to
> take advantage of this information, if possible...

However, the .rb file extension is associated with Rocket eBook Reader.
So anything that expects this extension to always work in Windows can
run into odd results.

Another reason why file extension is a cruddy indicator of file
metadata, but that's the legacy we have from DOS...