title: How do you write a binary literal in ruby?
body: <p>Most languages (Ruby included) allow number literals to be written in at least three bases: decimal, octal and hexadecimal. Numbers in decimal base is the usual thing and are written as (most) people naturally write numbers, 96 is written as <code>96</code>. Numbers prefixed by a zero are usually interpreted as octal based: 96 would be written as <code>0140</code>. Hexadecimal based numbers are usually prefixed by <code>0x</code>: 96 would be written as <code>0x60</code>.</p>
  
  <p>The question is: can I write numbers as binary literals in Ruby? How?</p>