Why does ActiveSupport add method forty_two to Array

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You can see the method here.

Is this a joke?

http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/823os/rails_core_has_a_method_for_accessing_the_reddit/ — Abdo, Feb 22 '14 at 22:51
@Abdo OP is having good eyes.. What a post.. Valid Q for me :-) — Arup Rakshit, Feb 22 '14 at 22:52
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e50530ca3ab5db53ebc74314c54b62b91b932389 useful — Igor Drozdov, Feb 22 '14 at 22:53
Here is your food http://confreaks.com/videos/431-rubyconf2010-keynote-why-ruby, enjoy it ;-) — Arup Rakshit, Feb 22 '14 at 22:54

spickermann · Answer 1 · 2017-08-08T08:16:10.160

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I think Array#forty_two is a quite clever and convenient way to fetch a really important element from an array. An element that might answer a lot of questions.

edited Aug 08 '17 at 08:16

answered Feb 22 '14 at 23:26

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Well one question only, – Gary Oct 18 '22 at 21:18

Why does ActiveSupport add method forty_two to Array

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