--- ruby-lex.rb.orig	Wed Sep 15 13:52:06 1999
+++ ruby-lex.rb	Sun Aug 13 05:16:46 2000
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
     @lex_state = EXPR_END
     
     case ch = getc
-    when /[~_*$?!@/\\;,=:<>".]/   #"
+    when /[~_*$?!@\/\\;,=:<>".]/   #"
       Token(TkGVAR, "$" + ch)
     when "-"
       Token(TkGVAR, "$-" + getc)