From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2006-09-06T11:35:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programming

Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@NASA.gov> writes:
>>  Attempting remote installation of 'MerriamWebster'
>>  ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
>>      undefined method `name' for -517611318:Fixnum
>>
>> on ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [powerpc-darwin8.2.0]
> 
> Sounds like the OS X symbol table overflow bug.  Update your Ruby.

Bingo.

Thanks,
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Bil Kleb, http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov