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var sys = require("sys");

var extend = function extend (another) {
  var prototype = this.__proto__;
  this.__proto__ = another;
  another.__proto__ = prototype;
  return this;
};

Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, "extend", {value: extend });

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require 'rango/mixins/rendering'
class Application < Merb::Controller
  include Rango::ExplicitRendering

  def scope
    @scope ||= begin
      super.tap do |scope|
        scope.extend(ResourceHelper)
        scope.instance_variable_set("@params", self.request.params)
      end

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Surround a heredoc with quotes and you can continue the code on the same line:

    render :status => 404, :text => <<-'EOH' and return unless setup
        article not found<br/>
        I, as a server, have failed<br/>
        https?
        EOH

Quotes also give you more freedom/creativity with the terminal ID:

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require "rubygems"
require "rbench"

def omg_slow
  return 1
end

def omg_fast
  1
end

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# ruby 1.9.1p129 (2009-05-12 revision 23412) [i386-darwin9.6.0]
                             user     system      total        real
by_define_method         0.680000   0.000000   0.680000 (  0.700586)
by_explicit_definition   0.560000   0.010000   0.570000 (  0.581977)
by_eval                  0.550000   0.000000   0.550000 (  0.553484)
by_class_eval            0.540000   0.010000   0.550000 (  0.561800)
by_class_eval_block      0.540000   0.000000   0.540000 (  0.548041)
by_module_eval           0.550000   0.010000   0.560000 (  0.560635)
by_module_eval_block     0.520000   0.000000   0.520000 (  0.539168)