The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.lang.ruby as well. Hi, "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker / jump.net> writes: |# I'm trying that UNIX style Ruby programs run everywhere, while leaving |# OS dependant (thus non-portable) programs possible. | |Out of curiosity, do you generally regard Linux as the reference UNIX style |under circumstances where other UNIX variants differ? I've rarely meet the situation where UNIX difference matters, but I'd choose POSIX as the reference on the case. matz.