From: Dylan Evans Date: 2009-04-13T15:47:28+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie confusion and dejection --000e0cd214d27034ef04676a16c9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Reg wrote: > On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:17:25 -0500, Bill Kelly wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Bill - it's all grist to the mill > > What? You need to type your script up in a text editor, i hear notepad is great for a starter. Then you need to save the file, as for example hello.rb . Then you need to open up a terminal window and type 'ruby hello.rb'. Here is your hello world in ruby; puts 'Hello, World! God help us all!' -- The UNIX system has a command, nice ... in order to be nice to the other users. Nobody ever uses it." - Andrew S. Tanenbaum --000e0cd214d27034ef04676a16c9--