Dylan Evans schreef:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Eelco <catsquotl / gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am new to programming and ruby.. Trying to read through the pickaxe and
>> do the exercises on Sphere Online Judge.
>> I was wondering is there a ruby written ruby interpreter available? somehow
>> i`d like to be able to read the interpreter source.
>>
>> greetz Cat
>>
>>
>>     
> It seems to me that would be pointless, since it would require another
> interpreter to function. Of course the other alternative would be to write a
> ruby compiler which would be awkward in a dynamic language. Of course if it
> wasn't actually compiled then you would have the overhead of interpreting a
> stack of ruby. Why would you want a ruby interpreter written in ruby?
>
>
>   
That makes sense......
I wasn`t thinking about the why or what..
Just as this is the first language i am trying to understand i thought i 
could learn a lot by reading the code
As C is jibberish to me..

Eelco