From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2008-03-15T15:01:03+09:00
Subject: how to abruptly end a program?

I read in <Programming Ruby 2nd ed.> (p. 303) - ""If Ruby comes across a 
line anywhere in the source containing just �_ _END_ _�, with no leading 
or trailing whitespace, it treats that line as the end of the 
program�any subsequent lines will not be treated as program code."

That's not what's happening for me. The following -
_ _END_ _
__END__
_END_

all produce the same result for me - "undefined local variable or method"
That DOES bring the program to an abrupt end, but its rather ungraceful. 
Is this the intended result - a crash due to an interpreter error?

Tom

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