Eelco wrote:
> 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

There's a huge amount of very good Ruby code out there in Ruby libraries 
and applications. Rails, Rake, RubyGems. All written in Ruby.

Also take a look at the past Ruby quizzes (rubyquiz.com)

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