From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-10-15T03:05:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Can ruby comment out a block of code???

Roseanne Zhang wrote:
> It sounds pretty stupid, but I could not find a way to do it in Ruby 
> yet.
> 
> Such in C/C++/Java:
> /*
>  This is all comments.
> 
>  This forum is connected to a mailing list that is read by thousands of 
> people. Before you post, please use the FAQ, the Ruby documentation and 
> Google to find an answer to your question. If you can't find an answer 
> there, make sure to include all relevant information that is necessary 
> to help you in your post.
> */
> 
> Am I missing something???
> 
> Help, please!
> 
<do this>

$ acroread Programming\ Ruby.pdf

Search for =begin

Page 218:
</do this>

Looks like a line starting with "=begin" and a line starting with "=end"
will comment out a chunk of code.

HTH