From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@...>
Date: 2004-01-06T08:25:17+09:00
Subject: Re: $£ Kills IRB

Hi!

* Ralph Mason:
> I noticed that
> 
> $�
> 
> will kill irb (that is the UK pound symbol)
> 
> Does anyone know why?

I don't think that it is a real answer but it is because irb aborts
on ANY non-ascii character.

Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
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