>>>>> "M" == Mark Slagell <ms / iastate.edu> writes:

M> it in the language ref.  So I'm guessing (from running ruby -e 'p $:')
                                                                     ^^
 perhaps it's better to use $LOAD_PATH

pigeon% grep 'symbol ' ToDo
* discourage use of symbol variable (e.g. $/, etc.) in manual
pigeon% 

  :-)


Guy Decoux