From: Corey <corey_s@...>
Date: 2005-05-07T12:27:57+09:00
Subject: Re: new to ruby - please help w/ code structure?

On Friday 06 May 2005 07:46 pm, James Edward Gray II wrote:
<snippage>
> Just a small piece of advice, from one ex-Perl junkie to another.  No
> offense intended.  :)
>

You speak the truth.

I was coding ruby exactly the way I would have coded in perl... I think mainly 
because this was precisely the sort of script that perl excels at: a quick 
hackish, throw-away thing to parse a file.  I actualy started it in perl, 
then figured I'd try in ruby just as a quick immersion excercise... learn 
some syntax and whatnot. I got imipatient because I really needed this thing 
super quick... so, no harm done - when I have more time, I definitely intend 
to learn the actual ruby idioms; I totally agree with your excellent points.

Beers!

Corey