---
title: "Movies, The Ruby way"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/15/movies-the-ruby-way.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/15/movies-the-ruby-way.html"
published: "2005-04-15T21:55:00"
updated: "2005-04-15T21:55:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "PS And one of the funniest bits I've read all month comes from the Anarchia blog I've talked about earlier Movies, the Ruby way. What do I mean? Here's a short example: The Matrix assert_nil(spoon) Forrest Gump…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Movies, The Ruby way

By Roy Osherove April 15, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 15, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

PS

And one of the funniest bits I've read all month comes from the Anarchia blog I've talked about earlier

[Movies, the Ruby way.](http://rubygarden.org/ruby?MoviesTheRubyWay)

What do I mean? Here's a short example:

**The Matrix
** _assert\_nil(spoon)_

**Forrest Gump
** _assert\_equal(life, box\_of\_chocolates)_

_[More movie goodness here](http://rubygarden.org/ruby?MoviesTheRubyWay)_

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    ### [Now \*that's\* how you tell a wedding proposal story!](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/14/now-thats-how-you-tell-a-wedding-proposal-story.html)


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## About the author

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