On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:13:06PM +0900, ts wrote: > You don't need the #gsub, write it > solve_for($') > String#intern > pigeon% ruby -e 'p "a".intern' Thank you. I was also and mostly looking for comments on design/idea/correct use of Ruby's features and in short whether the whole thing made any sense. Have any? :-) Massimiliano