From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-08-23T16:02:10+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby shell?

2007/8/23, Simon Schuster <significants@gmail.com>:
> what about a shell based on ruby? would such a thing be
> useful/powerful? (aliasing Dir[/"usr/bin/*"] to ls returns an array,
> can then specify ranges, etc) rash to
> replace/include bash? :) I'm pretty new to both linux and ruby, but
> why or why not?

The topic comes up frequently here.  You can search the archives for
more detail.
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml

Oh, and btw, there *is* a Ruby shell: IRB. :-)

Kind regards

robert