--- a/progs/catastrophic/catastrophic.rb Tue Sep 01 16:00:37 2020 +0100
+++ b/progs/catastrophic/catastrophic.rb Wed Sep 02 23:34:19 2020 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
# A case of catastrophic backtracking in Ruby
#---------------------------------------------
# example provided by Daniel Baldwin
@@ -8,12 +10,12 @@
#
# run on the command line with:
#
-# ruby catastrophic.rb
+# ./catastrophic.rb
#
-nums = (1..1000)
+nums = (1..30)
-#iterate through the nums 1-1000
+#iterate through the nums 1-30
nums.each do |i|
start_time = Time.now