---
title: "Page 185 by Benjamin Wood, 2026-10-14"
page: 185
chapter: "chapter 6"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html"
writers:
  - name: "Benjamin Wood"
    handle: "@benjaminwood"
date: 2026-10-14
canonical: "https://whysfox.es/entries/185-benjaminwood/"
mastodon: "https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117439319052252317"
image: "https://whysfox.es/_astro/117439316543705715.BZifjOts_ZAVFLE.jpeg"
---

# Page 185 by Benjamin Wood, 2026-10-14

Page 185 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by Benjamin Wood. It sits in [chapter 6](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-6.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-10-14.

## Community message

> Keep Ruby Weird!
> @benjaminwood

## From the post on ruby.social

Page 185 is very sensible. Operators are just methods. 10 / 3 is 3. 10.div 3 is also 3. Nobody shouts.

Then @benjaminwood came by with a red pen:

His profile says "Extinguished Engineer". So all day he puts out fires, and then he lights a small weird one in the margin.

10 / 3 is 3. The leftover 1 ran off with the foxes. It is weird now. It is very happy.

## Image

![Scan of page 185](https://whysfox.es/_astro/117439316543705715.BZifjOts_ZAVFLE.jpeg)

## Writers

- Benjamin Wood (@benjaminwood): [Mastodon](https://ruby.social/@benjaminwood), [RubyEvents](https://www.rubyevents.org/speakers/benjamin-wood).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfox.es/entries/185-benjaminwood/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117439319052252317)