Pastie now auto-senses if line-wrap is a bad or good idea. Feedback?
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class Array def random_element self[ rand( self.size ) ] end end def out str, sleeptime=0 $stdout.print str $stdout.flush sleep sleeptime unless sleeptime.zero? end text = ARGV.join(" ") + " " so_far = "" text.size.times do |i| lower = ?\s upper = ?\z loop do b = text[ i ] c = [*lower..upper].random_element out c.chr, 0.1 out "\010" lower = c if c < b upper = c if c > b next unless c == b out "\010" * so_far.size out so_far so_far << c.chr break end end
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From the Design Piracy series on my blog: