= Ruby 1.9 Comparison Application

A simple application use to run chunks of code through Ruby 1.8 and 1.9, and
compare exit codes, running time, and output.

== Author

Bruce Williams <bruce@codefluency.com>; http://codefluency.com

== Caveats

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  IMPORTANT: This application is *specifically* used to run arbitrary,
  browser-entered code through Ruby 1.8 and 1.9. If you host this application
  and allow public access, you are doing so AT YOUR OWN RISK. And you're also
  certifiably insane.
  
  ONLY, *I REPEAT* ONLY, RUN THIS APPLICATION LOCALLY.  THIS IS A PERSONAL,
  LEARNING/EXPLORATORY TOOL.
  
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== Dependencies

1. The `open4' gem (sudo gem install open4)
2. Rails 2+

== Installation

1. Get a copy of the source.
2. Modify `config/database.yml' to your liking.
3. Create databases if necessary, and run `rake db:migrate'
3. Run `ruby script/server'
4. Go forth and hack.

== Limitations

1. No timeouts enforced. If you write a never-ending loop, you'll get one. Feel
   free to contribute fixes.
2. No output limits enforced. The application will try to grab and store
   any output, so be careful here. Feel free to contribute fixes.
3. Benchmarks are not "scientific" by any means.  Take time comparisons
   with a seriously large chunk of salt.  Feel free to contribute fixes.

This application isn't smart, and could use some additional work, as noted above.
Drop me a note if you'd like to contribute any changes.
   
== LICENSE

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2008 Bruce R. Williams

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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