From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-05-07T11:46:02+09:00
Subject: Re: new to ruby - please help w/ code structure?

On May 6, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Corey wrote:

>> but to take exactly what you typed:
>>
>> if free||os and line=~new_re
>>    cvs host ; host,free,os=nil ; end
>>
>> OR
>>
>> (cvs host ; host,free,os=nil ; next) if free||os and line=~re
>>
>>
>
> Perfect -- many thanks!

Funny, I was thinking just the opposite.  :D  Us Ruby guys love  
pretty code.

That's you're Perl self talking, trust me.  Let it die.  You won't  
miss it, I promise.

Try this question on for size:  Give me one single advantage to the  
above changes?  Shorter?  Please.  Harder to code (that's why you  
asked), harder to understand, harder to change, etc.  For what?  You  
dropped a few lines.

Ruby is truly a beautiful language.  Give it a chance to work its  
magic on you and don't be surprised if you eventually find yourself  
saying, "No, that's too ugly.  I can do better..."

Just a small piece of advice, from one ex-Perl junkie to another.  No  
offense intended.  :)

James Edward Gray II