From: Koos Brandt <brandtjc@...>
Date: 2007-10-19T23:45:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Eval alternative to execute string

Rolando Abarca wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Koos Brandt wrote:
> 
>> What I actually want to do is: ruby �big piece of text� and that  
>> should
>> not be part of my current environment if you understand what I mean.
> 
> If you want nothing to do with the external ruby file, maybe you
> should do something like this:
> 
> system("ruby #{the_external_file}")
> 
> regards,

OK, that works and thanks a lot.

But I actually still have the program in memory, ie string object. I can 
most certaily write it to a tempfile and do the above, but I would have 
like
system("ruby #{contents}") or system("irb #{contents}")
Tried both, and they just go into a long process!
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