---
title: "Page 236 by Benoit Daloze, 2026-05-29"
page: 236
chapter: "chapter 7"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-7.html"
writers:
  - name: "Benoit Daloze"
    url: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/eregon/"
date: 2026-05-29
canonical: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/236-116657287373579243/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116657287373579243"
image: "https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116657275580818885.Bi7QMp_l_Z1qfWbR.jpeg"
---

# Page 236 by Benoit Daloze, 2026-05-29

Page 236 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by [Benoit Daloze](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/people/eregon/). It sits in [chapter 7](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-7.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-05-29.

## Community message

> May the Truffle of a Ruby be with you!
> @eregon

## From the post on ruby.social

On page 236, with a comic about adding a dividing slash to arrays, @eregon left a blessing with a little drawn gem:

The @truffleruby maintainer himself, wishing you the Truffle. The comic insists "RUBY doesn't come with this method! And skeletons don't come with beards. But wizards do!" A fox, neither skeleton nor wizard, accepts the truffle and moves on.

## Image

![Scan of page 236](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/_astro/116657275580818885.Bi7QMp_l_Z1qfWbR.jpeg)

Also mentioned: [@truffleruby](https://ruby.social/@truffleruby).

## Replies

- Benoit Daloze (@eregon), 2026-05-29: @whysfoxes I like this page because defining extra operators is fun, easy and powerful. I recall Pathname didn't have #/ back in the days. In my path gem I added that and also #%, given it's the inverse of / it's like #relative_path_from but much shorter

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfoxes.github.io/whysfoxes_web/entries/236-116657287373579243/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/116657287373579243)