$£ Kills IRB

Ralph Mason · Jan 5, 2004

I noticed that

$£

will kill irb (that is the UK pound symbol)

Does anyone know why?

Ralph

Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT · Jan 5, 2004

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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