[#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:01312] Re: Draft of the updated Ruby FAQ

From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-02-12 13:52:31 UTC
List: ruby-talk #1312
"Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net> writes:

> From: Conrad Schneiker <schneiker@jump.net>
> 
> > I think that "1.9 Which is correct, Ruby or ruby?" needs to additionally
> > include and describe a third name, "Ruby!", since Ruby is our method for
> > changing the programming world for the better, right?
> 
> I forgot to mention that I think it would be better to designate
> "destructive methods" as "change methods" or "replacement methods".

I must admit I don;t like 'destructive' either. I think some languages 
call them 'mutators'.


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