$£ Kills IRB

I noticed that

will kill irb (that is the UK pound symbol)

Does anyone know why?

Ralph

Hi!

  • Ralph Mason:

I noticed that

will kill irb (that is the UK pound symbol)

Does anyone know why?

I don’t think that it is a real answer but it is because irb aborts
on ANY non-ascii character.

Josef ‘Jupp’ SCHUGT

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