[#1263] Draft of the updated Ruby FAQ — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

33 messages 2000/02/08

[#1376] Re: Scripting versus programming — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>

Conrad writes:

13 messages 2000/02/15

[#1508] Ruby/GTK and the mainloop — Ian Main <imain@...>

17 messages 2000/02/19
[#1544] Re: Ruby/GTK and the mainloop — Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...> 2000/02/23

Hello Ian,

[#1550] Re: Ruby/GTK and the mainloop — Ian Main <imain@...> 2000/02/23

On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 02:56:10AM -0500, Yasushi Shoji wrote:

[#1516] Ruby: PLEASE use comp.lang.misc for all Ruby programming/technical questions/discussions!!!! — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>

((FYI: This was sent to the Ruby mail list.))

10 messages 2000/02/19

[#1569] Re: Ruby: constructors, new and initialise — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article

12 messages 2000/02/25

[ruby-talk:01247] Re: Singleton classes

From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-02-06 01:35:48 UTC
List: ruby-talk #1247
"Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net> writes:

> From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.co.jp>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 9:55 AM
> 
> > Hmm, I don't know which is better.  As non native English speaker, I
> > have no idea about the nuance of the word `singleton'.
> 
> I would guess that most English speakers (except for maybe card players)
> have probably never heard of 'singleton' (but I don't watch enough TV to be
> sure :-). The only places I've encountered it with any frequency (long ago)
> was in connection with math set theory, and sometimes I think in connection
> with analysis of (data structure) algorithms.

And of course the Singleton pattern from the GoF, which is probably
most programmers biggest single exposure to the word (and one reason
why it is somewhat confusing in the Ruby sense).

Dave

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