From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-10-27T03:28:03+09:00
Subject: Re: background on String#unpack?

On Oct 26, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Giles Bowkett wrote:

>>> encryption code or something related, but I'm not sure. Just
>>> wondering, what's it for? Who uses it, and why?
>>
>> Array#pack and String#unpack are useful for handling _binary_ network
>> protocols and file formats.
>
> So would this be accurate? Use cases would include implementing
> graphics formats and extracting text from proprietary-format word
> processor files?

Right.  I wrote about that some in the summary to this quiz:

http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz136.html

James Edward Gray II