#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# This code comes from http://ruby-it.org/pages/Marshall
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 >> class Mia
 >>  def initialize(a)
 >>   @a=a
 >>  end
 >> end
 => nil
 >> m=Mia.new 10
 => #<Mia:0x27cc258 @a=10>
 >> str= Marshal.dump m
 => "\004\010o:\010Mia\006:\a@ai\017"
 >> Marshal.load str
 => #<Mia:0x27c7a40 @a=10>