> I have noticed an odd effect already, though. The
> symbol/alpha ratio is fairly low (1-2) for smaller
> programs and larger (4-6) for larger programs. I've
> tried it on sources ranging from 10 lines to 2000
> lines.

In my scrpts directory, I have a half dozen each very small ruby and perl
scripts.  For the ruby stuff I got s:n of 2.4.  For the perl stuff 2.7.

Note: I use some old-habit stuff from perl and c, so I might slip in a
semicolon on EOL and I definitely avoid "poetry" mode at all costs
(including not using parens around if conditions), as it's Vogon poetry to
my eyes, so my ruby probably isn't idiomatic ruby; or at least not as RUBY
idiomatic ruby as is yours.