On Mar 5, 2004, at 1:00 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Robert Peirce wrote:
>> So, is there a source of ruby sample programs out there that I can 
>> grab to play with?
>
> Just guessing, but the windows package doesn't always include all the 
> usual samples. You can download the source distribution from 
> ruby-lang.org or a mirror, such as:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/ruby/
>
> Then, even if you do not build from this souce, you have access to the 
> full samples dir. This is what 1.8.1 comes with:
>
> biorhythm.rb	biorhythm calculator
> 	<snip>

Thanks.  That's more than enough to get started with.  Plus there are 
other resources to review in the download.