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this_is_why_socket_stdlib_is_fucking_terrible.rb
require 'socket'
Socket.gethostbyname('localhost') # => ["localhost.localdomain", ["localhost", "x1carbon", "localhost", "x1carbon"], 10, "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01", "\x7F\x00\x00\x01"]
TCPSocket.gethostbyname('localhost') # => ["localhost.localdomain", ["localhost", "x1carbon", "localhost", "x1carbon"], 10, "::1", "127.0.0.1"]
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brixen commented Dec 23, 2015

Is this MRI? What version?

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