From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-02-03T02:57:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Kernel.xxx interferes with method_missing

Whoops...

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Gregory Brown

> Take this with a shaker of salt though, I mainly modified the example
> to show off certain dynamic programming techniques in my book[0], and
> not necessarily to make it robust.  I have emailed Jim about these
> changes, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet.

[0] http://rubybestpractices.com

Sorry for the shameless plug, but it's directly relevant to the OP's
questions since I cover these topics in the book, and it will be under
a creative commons license 9 months after it hits the shelves.

-greg