### Remarks Run the program under a platform that `/dev/dsp` is available. For example, if you are using pulseaudio, use `padsp`: padsp ruby entry.rb Please see Limitation if you want to run this program on os x. I confirmed the following platforms. * ruby 2.0.0p0 (2013-02-24 revision 39474) [x86\_64-linux] * ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86\_64-linux] * ruby 1.9.3p327 (2012-11-10 revision 37606) [x86\_64-darwin10.8.0] For those who are lazy, I'm attaching a screencast. ### Description This program is a music-box quine. It prints itself with playing "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". ### Internal Like a real music box, this program consists of a mechanical part (code) and a piano roll. In the piano roll, `#` represents a pin that hits a note, and `|` represents a slur. The leftmost column corresponds 110Hz (low A). Every column corresponds a semitone higher than the left one. This program uses [the frequency modulation synthesis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_modulation_synthesis) to play the sound like a music-box. You can create a different-sounding tone by changing the parameter. For example, the following will play the sound like a harpsichord. padsp ruby entry.rb 2.0 Note that this program does *not* use an idiom to remove whitespace, such as `.split.join`. All newlines and spaces do not violate any of the Ruby syntax rules. ### Limitation On os x, `/dev/dsp` is not available. You have to use sox by replacing the following part: open("/dev/dsp","wb") with: IO.popen("./pl","wb")