J J wrote:
> 
> Ruby is a killer language, and I hate to even ask, but:
> 
> Would it be possible, sometime in the future, for Ruby to try a .rb
> extension on a given filename? That way we could say:
> ruby myfile
> and myfile.rb would load and run. Myfile.rb would have the .rb extension so
> that emacs would know it's a Ruby file.
> 
> Would it be possible to modify the emacs mode so that things like:
> puts "That will cost you some $"
> and others wouldn't fool the syntax highlighter?
> 
> Just some thoughts,
>   JJ
> 
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I have trouble with the emacs syntax highlighter with both
=begin
=end 
(not at load, only in the middle of editing)
and /\//. I'm sure a good Lisp hacker could fix it up in short order.