From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-18T14:25:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Nature of ruby

From: "Nikodemus Siivola" <tsiivola@cc.hut.fi>


>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>
> > Interesting.  How would the following code be compiled?
> >
> >   code = gets
> >   eval code
>
> Into a ruby tuby interpreter that reads it's source from the stdin. Repeat:
> "Eval is just another function".

So let me get this straight.  A *compiled* Ruby program executes eval by
running an *interpreter*.  Awesome...

What's a "tuby" interpreter?

Gavin