Ruby MRI Source Code Idioms #1: Accessing Data Via Macros

MRI is the first language interpreter that I got deeply familiar with and it's a pleasure to read. It was really nice to be able to find the answer to questions like "how does Ruby decide when to trigger a thread switch" by spending just a few minutes going to the source.

Very interesting indeed, sir. I've personally also found a lot of joy in diving down into C implementations (in my case, the JNI, although Ruby is my language of choice).<p>You've certainly inspired me to take a closer look at the MRI, as well as macros in general. Thanks!

Cool work, again, Pat. Makes me wish I was back in school and could justify spending more time on looking at the internals and finding that satisfaction in knowing how things truly work under the hood.