From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-12-18T15:21:35+09:00
Subject: Re: setting $0

>
> With the following file, t.rb,
>
> ----
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> $0 = 'My Application'
> puts $0
> ----
>
> the output is:
>
> $ ruby -v t.rb
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-05) [i686-linux]
> My Applicati
>
> Why does it get truncated?


8.3 format?  ;)  (It's the right number of characters, just no dot.)