From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2007-10-20T02:34:02+09:00 Subject: Re: How exactly does Tryruby work? On 10/18/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > golubovsky@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have always been curious: how does Tryruby (http:// > > tryruby.hobix.com/) work: does it contain a Ruby interpreter coded in > > Javascript, or is it just a frontend to some web service? > > > > PS I haven't tried to reverse-engineer that site understanding that > > somebody might want not to disclose their ideas, but I think my > > general question might be answered. > > > > Thanks. > > There's a 13-year-old kid watching a log file with "tail -f". When a > request comes in, he reads it off the monitor and types it into a Mac > Mini running "irb". Then he copies the "irb" results into an HTML page > source that he's editing in "vi" and does ":w!" to update the HTML! No, no NO! It's a couple of *cats* and every time one of them types :w! they get a dose of chunky bacon! -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/