TheInternet.is_a?(Hash) == true

August 14th, 2006

While convalescing from a recent surgery, I had a flash of insight. One can view the Internet and a file system as one big, really big, Hash.

What is a Hash if not a way to access a value referenced by a key ?

What is a filename ? A key.

What is a URL ? A key.

The above allows us to do very interesting things:

Is this rambling interesting ? Certainly. Is it useful ? You tell me !

DISCLAIMER: The Filesystem object above is full of security holes. It should be implemented in a chrooted, environment, check permissions, etc.

3 Responses to “TheInternet.is_a?(Hash) == true”

  1. Mr. Neighborly Says:
    October 12th, 2007 at 10:25 PM

    Certainly interesting; I’ve always seen filenames/URLs closer to the concepts of variables (i.e. the variable is merely a label which points to another universally accessible resource which lives within a larger context). But I think both thought processes work. :)

    Interesting class implementation, though. It would be interesting to see a lot of classes like this (i.e. classes that implement content specific methods for accessing resources). RSS classes that parse the RSS and present it as a hash or something I don’t know, but it would be cool.

  2. Peter Krantz Says:
    October 12th, 2007 at 10:25 PM

    Neat trick! Looks like an easy way to interact with REST interfaces.

  3. Benjamin Says:
    October 12th, 2007 at 10:25 PM

    The secrets of the internet are out of the bag now… unless TheInternet.exist? == nil

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