Skeets wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have successfully installed gems on my winxp box.  when i type in
> gems -v(or is it --version, i can't recall off hand) i get back the
> current version (i think it is version 0.9).  so far, so good.
>
> however, when i fire up irb and try to
>
> include 'rubygems'
>
> false is returned.
>
> what am i doing wrong?
>
> tia...
>
>
>   
Don't you mean "require 'rubygems'"? The "require" method causes a file 
to be loaded. The "include" method adds a module's constants, methods 
and module variables into the current module.