gistfile1.rb

### in response to http://drawohara.com/post/151193800/ruby-symbol-to-hash

#I think that isn't quite what I am talking about...
#I want
this = 5
that = 6
foo = "bar"
long_stupid_variable_name = "I love Python ;)"

hash_real = {:this => this, :that => that, :foo => foo, :long_stupid_variable_name => long_stupid_variable_name}

#to be like this, (not valid)
hash_awesome = {:this <==, :that <==, :foo <==, :long_stupid_variable_name <==}

#and have them be equivalent...
puts hash_real == hash_awesome