From: "T. Onoma" <transami@...>
Date: 2003-11-25T17:07:57+09:00
Subject: Re: raise unless RUBY_VERSION[%r/^\s*\d+\.\d+/o].to_f >= 1.8

On Tuesday 25 November 2003 08:07 am, daz wrote:
> RUBY_VERSION = "1.8.1"
> p  RUBY_VERSION >= "1.8"  #-> true
> RUBY_VERSION = "1.10.1"
> p  RUBY_VERSION >= "1.8"  #-> false
>
> .... but MINOR 10 would upset RUBY_VERSION_CODE (in version.h)
> which, incidentally, would be a useful global (eventually).
>
> It might take the pressure off Matz if 1.9 didn't have to be
> followed by 2.0 tho' :-)
>
> > unless someone can think of a reason not to - i'll take it!
>
> Um, because it's crufty (looks like we can't tell the difference
> between Numeric and String sorting sequence - even though I've
> seen it used a lot in Ruby).

Any one think Ruby needs a Tuple class?

-t0