[#140667] Thinking of creating a small mini-language-interpreter using Ruby — Glenn Smith <glenn.ruby@...>

Always something I've wanted to write - an interpreter of my own. Now

12 messages 2005/05/01

[#140714] Ruby, Rails and now og — "Andrew Ballantine" <andrew.ballantine@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2005/05/02

[#140808] Re: "Bounty" approach for small pieces of code? — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>

Molitor, Stephen L wrote:

12 messages 2005/05/03
[#140810] Re: "Bounty" approach for small pieces of code? — Richard Lyman <lymans@...> 2005/05/03

On 5/2/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:

[#140856] Bug Tracker — Andy Stone <xsltguru@...>

Hello all,

28 messages 2005/05/03

[#140910] Typo-checking instead of static typing — Ben Giddings <bg-rubytalk@...>

Once again, static typing reared its head on the mailing list, and once

31 messages 2005/05/03

[#140928] Re: [ANN] traits-0.0.0 — "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>

> -----Original Message-----

16 messages 2005/05/03

[#141015] writing to a file with gsub! — Ralf Mler <r_mueller@...>

Hi,

12 messages 2005/05/04

[#141023] Object#inside_metaclass? — "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>

56 messages 2005/05/04
[#141045] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/04

On Wed, 4 May 2005, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

[#141050] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...> 2005/05/04

David A. Black wrote:

[#141522] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/07

Hi,

[#141533] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...> 2005/05/07

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

[#141548] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/07

In message "Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass?"

[#141550] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...> 2005/05/07

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

[#141575] Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/07

[#141057] Fixnum's binary representation — camsight@...

Hi, people!

13 messages 2005/05/04

[#141143] Re: object reference handle (like perl's reference to scalar) — Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>

> > In ruby, is there a way to get a handle of an object

17 messages 2005/05/04

[#141165] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — "Rob ." <rob.02004@...>

Version 0.6 of jEdit's Ruby Editor Plugin has been released and is

21 messages 2005/05/05
[#141176] Re: [ANN] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — Alexandru Popescu <the_mindstorm@...> 2005/05/05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[#141186] Re: [ANN] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — "Rob ." <rob.02004@...> 2005/05/05

Alexandru Popescu wrote:> Rob . said:> > Version 0.6 of jEdit's Ruby Editor Plugin has been released and is> > available for download!> >> > http://www.jedit.org/ruby/> > Great job Rob!Mulmesc!

[#141205] Re: [ANN] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — Tom Copeland <tom@...> 2005/05/05

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 18:38 +0900, Rob . wrote:

[#141219] Re: [ANN] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — Alexandru Popescu <the_mindstorm@...> 2005/05/05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[#141225] Re: [ANN] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6 - method completion release — "Rob ." <rob.02004@...> 2005/05/05

Alex, I don't get an exception in this case, but I see what you mean.

[#141196] Whats so different about a Hash? — Andrew Walrond <andrew@...>

Consider:

15 messages 2005/05/05
[#141197] Re: Whats so different about a Hash? — Brian Schrer <ruby.brian@...> 2005/05/05

On 05/05/05, Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> wrote:

[#141199] Re: Whats so different about a Hash? — Andrew Walrond <andrew@...> 2005/05/05

Hi Brian,

[#141299] another Tk question — Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>

In Tk, what's the best way to show a large table of data that gets

15 messages 2005/05/05
[#141326] Re: another Tk question — Hidetoshi NAGAI <nagai@...> 2005/05/06

From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com>

[#141307] String Manipulation Nuby Question — Chris Roos <chris@...>

I have a Person with title, forename and surname (all of which are

13 messages 2005/05/05

[#141311] Ruby Editor Plugin for jEdit 0.6.1 - method completion release II — "Rob ." <rob.02004@...>

Version 0.6.1 of jEdit's Ruby Editor Plugin has been released and is

12 messages 2005/05/05

[#141334] RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods and return nil — John Carter <john.carter@...>

A very simple and generic way of improving the reliability of Ruby

66 messages 2005/05/06
[#141338] Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods and return nil — Luke Graham <spoooq@...> 2005/05/06

On 5/6/05, John Carter <john.carter@tait.co.nz> wrote:

[#141339] Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods and return nil — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...> 2005/05/06

Luke Graham wrote:

[#141345] Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods and return nil — John Carter <john.carter@...> 2005/05/06

On Fri, 6 May 2005, Hal Fulton wrote:

[#141340] Prove me Wrong! Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods — John Carter <john.carter@...> 2005/05/06

On Fri, 6 May 2005, Alexey Verkhovsky wrote:

[#141349] What sound does no duck make? — John Carter <john.carter@...>

Imagine a flock of ducks in the sky. Listen.

13 messages 2005/05/06

[#141368] Re: compiler error: argument of type "VALUE *" is incompatible with parameter of type "VALUE" — me2faster@...

On May 5, 2005, at 2:44 PM, me2faster@excite.com wrote:

10 messages 2005/05/06

[#141529] [NITRO] - Mr. George Moschovitis applies Censorship on Public Project Forum — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>

To understand further the _real_ difference between Nitro/Og and

25 messages 2005/05/07

[#141530] [NITRO] - Mr. Moschovitis Revolutionary Redefinition of an Open Source Project — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>

George Moschovitis wrote

15 messages 2005/05/07

[#141576] HighLine 0.4.0 — James Edward Gray II <james@...>

HighLine 0.4.0 Released

29 messages 2005/05/07
[#141616] Re: HighLine 0.4.0 — "Vincent Foley" <vfoley@...> 2005/05/07

Hello James,

[#141618] Re: HighLine 0.4.0 — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/05/07

On May 7, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Vincent Foley wrote:

[#141598] Vacation - email me when Ilias is gone or people FINALLY stop responding to him — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>

The signal:noise ratio on this list is terrible. I'm taking a

12 messages 2005/05/07
[#141647] Re: Vacation - email me when I. is gone or people FINALLY stop responding to him — Bertram Scharpf <lists@...> 2005/05/08

Hi,

[#141615] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>

Another suggestion for the "Ruby Singleton Classes" or "Exclusive Classes":

72 messages 2005/05/07
[#141681] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/08

In message "Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes"

[#141709] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Carlos <angus@...> 2005/05/08

[Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org>, 2005-05-08 17.13 CEST]

[#141710] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...> 2005/05/08

Carlos wrote:

[#141715] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/08

Hi,

[#141719] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/08

Hi --

[#141748] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/08

Hi,

[#141810] Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/09

Hi,

[#141655] No Thing Here vs Uninitialized and RCR 303 — Cyent <cyent@...>

I'm observing a general trend in the responses to RCR 303.

26 messages 2005/05/08
[#141745] Re: No Thing Here vs Uninitialized and RCR 303 — Lionel Thiry <lthiryidontwantspam@...> 2005/05/08

Cyent a 馗rit :

[#141746] Re: No Thing Here vs Uninitialized and RCR 303 — Bill Atkins <batkins57@...> 2005/05/08

This isn't about changing programming habits. Having nil return nil

[#141707] Singleton class terminology — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>

Just expressing my opinion here.

16 messages 2005/05/08

[#141776] Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...>

Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days)

15 messages 2005/05/09

[#141875] How to extract texts from html source? — "Sam Kong" <sam.s.kong@...>

Hi, all!

14 messages 2005/05/09

[#141900] Still umlauts — Bertram Scharpf <lists@...>

Hi,

8 messages 2005/05/09
[#142448] Re: Still umlauts — "Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT" <jupp@...> 2005/05/12

Hi!

[#142507] Re: Still umlauts — Bertram Scharpf <lists@...> 2005/05/13

Hi,

[#142514] Re: Still umlauts — Jonas Hartmann <Mail@...> 2005/05/13

Bertram Scharpf wrote:

[#142527] Re: Still umlauts — =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Brian_Schr=F6der?= <ruby.brian@...> 2005/05/13

On 13/05/05, Jonas Hartmann <Mail@jonas-hartmann.com> wrote:> Bertram Scharpf wrote:> > Hi,> >> > Am Freitag, 13. Mai 2005, 04:34:00 +0900 schrieb Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT:> >> >>At Tue, 10 May 2005 06:58:30 +0900, Bertram Scharpf wrote:> >>> >>>does this no longer work?> >>> >>You forgot to define the meaning of 'no longer works':> >>> >> - What precisely do you mean by 'it works'?> >> >> > Sorry, that was not actually elaborate. Now I think it> > never worked at all.> >> >> >>>--------------------> >>>#!/usr/bin/env ruby> >>># -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-> >>>> >>>puts $KCODE> >>>puts "蔕ヨワ゜"> >>>--------------------> >>>> >>>I tried it with Ruby 1.8.2 and 1.9, Debian Linux.> >>>What do I miss?> >> >> > In the meantime I received an answer in ruby-core and it> > seems Matz just _planned_ to implement it but didn't have> > the time yet.> >> > The problem arises when my program is run on SuSE Linux> > where the default encoding is UTF-8.> >> > A better way to test in which encoding you reside is:> >> > "テ =~ /./> > puts $&.length> >> > This gives 1 in `None' and 2 in `UTF-8'.> >> >> >>When in doubt *set* $KCODE explicitly.> >> >> > This has no influence on how the source code is read. The> > string " produces an error when `ruby -Ku' is called.> >> > Of course I should have written "\xc3\xa4" and "\xc3".> > Is this the only way to handle strings UTF-8 in ruby?> > >> > Sorry again for the noise.> >> > Bertram> >> >> > regards> jonas> >

[#141958] Redesign 2005, Round Two — why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>

I'm happy to say that our little redesign team has come to accord on a

80 messages 2005/05/10
[#142020] Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two — gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...> 2005/05/10

why the lucky stiff ha scritto:

[#142033] Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...> 2005/05/10

why the lucky stiff wrote:

[#142041] Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two — Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...> 2005/05/10

On 5/10/05, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com> wrote:

[#142057] Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two — Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...> 2005/05/10

Mark Hubbart, May 11:

[#142196] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — "Karl von Laudermann" <doodpants@...> 2005/05/11

[#142219] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/11

Hi --

[#142221] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/05/11

David A. Black wrote:

[#142237] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — "Ryan Leavengood" <mrcode@...> 2005/05/11

James Britt wrote:

[#142252] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/11

Hi --

[#142267] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/05/11

David A. Black wrote:

[#142274] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — "John W. Long" <ng@...> 2005/05/11

James Britt wrote:

[#142302] Re: Redesign 2005, Round Two — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/05/12

[#142054] String Hashing Algorithms — "Phrogz" <gavin@...>

Summary

16 messages 2005/05/10

[#142129] options parsing: required and conflict — Kirill Shutemov <k.shutemov@...>

Can I define options dependencies using OptionParser?

13 messages 2005/05/11
[#142130] Re: options parsing: required and conflict — "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@...> 2005/05/11

Kirill Shutemov wrote:

[#142133] ruby vs. java? — "Franz Hartmann" <porschefranz@...>

Hello all,

61 messages 2005/05/11
[#142136] Re: ruby vs. java? — Michael Ulm <michael.ulm@...> 2005/05/11

Franz Hartmann wrote:

[#142141] Re: ruby vs. java? — "Franz Hartmann" <porschefranz@...> 2005/05/11

Hello Michael and all of you,

[#142149] Re: ruby vs. java? — Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...> 2005/05/11

On 5/11/05, Franz Hartmann <porschefranz@hotmail.com> wrote:

[#142155] Re: ruby vs. java? — "Franz Hartmann" <porschefranz@...> 2005/05/11

Hello Logan,

[#142166] Re: ruby vs. java? — Ralf Mler <r_mueller@...> 2005/05/11

[#142171] Re: ruby vs. java? — "Franz Hartmann" <porschefranz@...> 2005/05/11

Ralf,

[#142176] Re: ruby vs. java? — Ralf Mler <r_mueller@...> 2005/05/11

> (physician = Arzt, physicist = Physiker) :-)))

[#142224] alternatives to ? : contruct — "John-Mason P. Shackelford" <jpshack@...>

As an alternative to:

21 messages 2005/05/11

[#142260] Re: object loops and what they return — Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>

That sure looks ugly. I don't see any advantage of this over:

33 messages 2005/05/11
[#142359] Re: {} vs begin/end [was Re: object loops and what they return] — "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@...> 2005/05/12

Brian Schrer wrote:

[#142379] Re: {} vs begin/end [was Re: object loops and what they return] — "Jim Weirich" <jim@...> 2005/05/12

[#142268] Request for advice on applying a license — Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>

Hi!

14 messages 2005/05/11
[#142276] Re: [OT] Request for advice on applying a license — Ben Giddings <bg-rubytalk@...> 2005/05/11

On Wednesday 11 May 2005 18:59, Nikolai Weibull wrote:

[#142370] Re: [OT] Request for advice on applying a license — Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...> 2005/05/12

Ben Giddings <bg-rubytalk@infofiend.com> writes:

[#142342] Go through directories recursively — Jens Riedel <JensRie@...>

Hello,

17 messages 2005/05/12

[#142378] Amazing Mazes (#31) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

Wow, these solutions are great fun to play with. I think next week's quiz needs

16 messages 2005/05/12

[#142404] We need a comprehensive test suite — Daniel Berger <djberge@...>

All,

12 messages 2005/05/12

[#142462] Get back data from a child (with exec) — Lawrence Oluyede <raims@...>

13 messages 2005/05/12

[#142620] ruby in WinXP as an automation tool — "kevin.gc@..." <kevin.gc@...>

Can anyone tell me if it can be done?

19 messages 2005/05/14

[#142671] infinite number of singleton_classes — Lionel Thiry <lthiryidontwantspam@...>

Hello!

37 messages 2005/05/15
[#142710] Re: infinite number of singleton_classes — Ara.T.Howard@... 2005/05/15

On Sun, 15 May 2005, Lionel Thiry wrote:

[#142745] Re: infinite number of singleton_classes — Lionel Thiry <lthiryidontwantspam@...> 2005/05/15

Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov a 馗rit :

[#142746] Re: infinite number of singleton_classes — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...> 2005/05/15

Lionel Thiry wrote:

[#142711] Re: infinite number of singleton_classes — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/15

Hi --

[#142806] IRB, Mac OS X, command-line require via "-r" and Bus Errors — "James Adam" <james.adam@...>

Hey All,

22 messages 2005/05/16

[#142808] Ruby Weekly News 2nd - 15th May 2005 — timsuth@... (Tim Sutherland)

http://www.rubyweeklynews.org/20050515.html

15 messages 2005/05/16
[#143444] Array.=== Bug, Rails Bug, or brain failure? — Markus <markus@...> 2005/05/23

I've got some rails code that is failing in a very strange way. It is

[#143447] Re: Array.=== Bug, Rails Bug, or brain failure? — Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com> 2005/05/23

Markus,

[#143449] Re: Array.=== Bug, Rails Bug, or brain failure? — Markus <markus@...> 2005/05/23

[#142894] Google API, Soap and windows XP — ruby talk <rubytalk@...>

Hello,I am playing with the google api and soap. I have the newest versionof soap and i think ruby 1.8. I created my code on a laptop withmandrake 10.2 with the same version of ruby and soap. On my laptop itworks fine. On my windows computer it give me an error."F:\Documents and Settings\iv\Desktop\googlerip>ruby googled.rbmonkey filetype:pdfLoading compatibility library...c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/datatypes.rb:172:in `_set': {http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string: cannot accept '<b>...</b> Tibetan year of the <b>monkey</b>. These instructions are traditionally given <b>...</b><br> thus will give the rare ΓÇÖ<b>Monkey</b>-Year-TeachingsΓÇÖ after the inauguration in <b>...</b>'. (XSD::ValueSpaceError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/datatypes.rb:114:in `set' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/encodingstyle/soapHandler.rb:453:in `decode_textbuf' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/encodingstyle/soapHandler.rb:214:in `decode_tag_end' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/parser.rb:185:in `decode_tag_end' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/parser.rb:146:in `end_element' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/xmlparser/parser.rb:75:in `end_element' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/xmlparser/xmlparser.rb:36:in `do_parse' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/xsd/xmlparser/xmlparser.rb:31:in `parse' ... 7 levels... from (eval):2:in `doGoogleSearch' from googled.rb:16 from googled.rb:15:in `each' from googled.rb:15"

2 messages 2005/05/17

[#142901] Help regarding def wrapper — Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>

I窶囘 like to have a def that I can scope in one go, i.e.,

17 messages 2005/05/17

[#143041] Compiling MySQL-Ruby on Tiger — "pat allan" <pat.allan@...>

Hi all

21 messages 2005/05/18

[#143087] (newbie Q) opposite of inspect for strings — "Basile Starynkevitch [news]" <basile-news@...>

14 messages 2005/05/18

[#143225] Re: Multiple return and parallel assignement — Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>

25 messages 2005/05/20

[#143229] Web services and Ruby — Luke Kanies <luke@...>

Hi all,

17 messages 2005/05/20

[#143252] HighLine 0.6.0 -- Now with menus! — James Edward Gray II <james@...>

HighLine 0.6.0 Released

18 messages 2005/05/20

[#143305] join not in Enumerable — Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>

Just a few minutes ago I was playing with irb as I am wont to do, and

14 messages 2005/05/21

[#143328] Vim's Ruby indenting — "Vincent Foley" <vfoley@...>

Hi to all the vim users,

17 messages 2005/05/22

[#143337] Uniform vector class, inheriting from Array: How to make sure that methods return a Vector and not an Array? — Thomas <sanobast-2005a@...>

Hi folks,

8 messages 2005/05/22
[#143342] Re: Uniform vector class, inheriting from Array: How to make sure that methods return a Vector and not an Array? — Brian Schrer <ruby.brian@...> 2005/05/22

On 22/05/05, Thomas <sanobast-2005a@yahoo.de> wrote:

[#143366] Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...>

Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days)

11 messages 2005/05/23

[#143375] sciTe editor IRB window getting double characters — "soxinbox" <faker@...>

Has any one had a problem with the latest release of Ruby and the included

10 messages 2005/05/23

[#143515] if __FILE_ == $0 executed twice — Han Holl <han.holl@...>

Hello,

21 messages 2005/05/24

[#143550] new article — pat eyler <pat.eyler@...>

Sorry for posting about my own article, but I'm interested in feedback,

24 messages 2005/05/24

[#143655] A different perspective on Ruby. — ES <ruby-ml@...>

47 messages 2005/05/26
[#143681] Re: A different perspective on Ruby. — "gsinclair@..." <gsinclair@...> 2005/05/26

ES wrote:

[#143683] Re: A different perspective on Ruby. — Brian Schrer <ruby.brian@...> 2005/05/26

On 26/05/05, gsinclair@gmail.com <gsinclair@gmail.com> wrote:

[#143705] Intellisense and the psychology of typing — andrew.queisser@...

Yesterday I typed in some C++ code that called a function with two

50 messages 2005/05/26
[#143710] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Thomas Adam <thomas@...> 2005/05/26

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:35:19AM +0900, andrew.queisser@hp.com wrote:

[#143716] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...> 2005/05/26

Hello Thomas,

[#144032] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Richard Cole <rcole@...> 2005/05/30

Lothar Scholz wrote:

[#144040] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/05/30

On 5/30/05, Richard Cole <rcole@itee.uq.edu.au> wrote:

[#144080] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...> 2005/05/31

Hello Austin,

[#144088] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/05/31

On 5/31/05, Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:

[#144109] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...> 2005/05/31

Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#144114] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/05/31

On 5/31/05, Caleb Clausen <vikkous@gmail.com> wrote:

[#144124] Re: Intellisense and the psychology of typing — Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...> 2005/05/31

--- Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:

[#143799] Plz comment — Dr Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...>

Dear Rubiest!

22 messages 2005/05/27

[#143812] Ruby on Rails interest in comp.lang.python — Stephen Kellett <snail@...>

A heads up to the Rails folks.

14 messages 2005/05/27

[#143825] How to build an index of phrases in a phrase/sentence? — Dan Fitzpatrick <dan@...>

I am trying to build an indexing structure on some phrases. Most phrases

11 messages 2005/05/27

[#143884] preventing Object#send from dispatching to a global method? — Francis Hwang <sera@...>

Is there a way to prevent Object#send from dispatching to a global

17 messages 2005/05/28
[#143908] Re: preventing Object#send from dispatching to a global method? — Jim Weirich <jim@...> 2005/05/29

[#143975] Ruby-VTK-0.2.0 was released — Seiya Nishizawa <seiya@...>

Hi everyone,

11 messages 2005/05/30

[#143976] Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...>

Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days)

26 messages 2005/05/30
[#144084] Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/05/31

On Mon, 30 May 2005, Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:

[#144107] Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — pat eyler <pat.eyler@...> 2005/05/31

On 5/31/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:

[#144113] Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/05/31

pat eyler wrote:

[#144144] Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — Dr Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...> 2005/05/31

On 05/31/2005 11:44 PM, James Britt wrote:

[#144145] Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/05/31

On May 31, 2005, at 6:15 PM, Dr Balwinder S Dheeman wrote:

[#144004] creating variable with eval — "Geert Fannes" <Geert.Fannes@...>

Hello, what is the scope of a variable created inside an eval()

14 messages 2005/05/30

[#144096] parseargs-0.0.0 — "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>

23 messages 2005/05/31
[#144170] binding, ObjectSpace._id2ref [WAS] Re: [ANN] parseargs-0.0.0 — "Zev Blut" <rubyzbibd@...> 2005/06/01

Hello,

[#144254] Re: binding, ObjectSpace._id2ref [WAS] Re: [ANN] parseargs-0.0.0 — "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...> 2005/06/01

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Zev Blut wrote:

[#144306] Re: binding, ObjectSpace._id2ref [WAS] Re: [ANN] parseargs-0.0.0 — "Zev Blut" <rubyzbibd@...> 2005/06/02

Hello,

comp.lang.ruby FAQ

From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-05-15 18:15:25 UTC
List: ruby-talk #142723
Sorry-- I have a technical problem I forgot to fix.

The preceding email, without a subject line, was the
c.l.r FAQ, quoted again below.


Hal Fulton



hal9000@hypermetrics.com wrote:
> RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby!  (Revised 2005-4-14)
> 
> This FAQ contains information for those who want to:
> 
>   1) learn more about Ruby, and want to 
>   2) post to comp.lang.ruby or to the ruby-lang mail list, or want to
>   3) provide anonymous feedback to help us improve Ruby.
> 
> This FAQ will be posted monthly. If you are reading this material
> via the mailing list or the newsgroup, note that you can find it on 
> the web at: http://rubyhacker.com/clrFAQ.html
> 
> A German version of this FAQ is maintained by Josef "Jupp" Schugt. It can be 
> found at: http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/
> 
> Note that this is *not* the Ruby language FAQ! This can be found at:
> http://www.rubygarden.org/iowa/faqtotum/
> 
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
> 
>     1 About Ruby
>     1.1 What is Ruby?
>     1.2 Where can I find out more about Ruby?
>     2 About comp.lang.ruby.
>     2.1 Tell me about comp.lang.ruby.
>     2.2 Tell me the posting guidelines for comp.lang.ruby.
>     2.3 Tell me about the prolific Matz poster.
>     2.4 How do the mailing list and newsgroup interrelate?
>     2.5 What are these 6-digit message numbers?
>     2.6 What is "POLS"?
>     3 Anything else?
> 
> 1 About Ruby
> 
> 1.1 What is Ruby?
> 
>     Ruby is a very high level, fully OO programming language. Indeed,
>     Ruby is one of the relatively few pure OO languages. Yet despite
>     its conceptual simplicity, Ruby is still a powerful and practical
>     "industrial strength" development language.  
> 
>     Ruby selectively integrates many good ideas taken from Perl,
>     Python, Smalltalk, Eiffel, ADA, CLU, and LISP. Ruby combines 
>     these ideas in a natural, well-coordinated system that embodies 
>     the principles of least effort and least surprise to a 
>     substantially greater extent than most comparable languages -- 
>     i.e., you get more bang for your buck, and what you write is more
>     likely to give you what you expected to get.  Ruby is thus a 
>     relatively easy to learn, easy to read, and easy to maintain 
>     language; yet it is very powerful and sophisticated.  
> 
>     In addition to common OO features, Ruby also has threads,
>     singleton methods, mixins, fully integrated closures and
>     iterators, plus proper meta-classes.   Ruby has a true
>     mark-and-sweep garbage collector, which makes code more reliable
>     and simplifies writing extensions.  In summary, Ruby provides a
>     very powerful and very easy to deploy "standing on the shoulders
>     of giants" OO scaffolding/framework so that you can more quickly
>     and easily build what you want to build, to do what you want to
>     do.  
>     
>     You will find many former (and current) Perl, Python, Java, and
>     C++ users on comp.lang.ruby that can help you get up to speed in
>     Ruby.
> 
>     Finally, Ruby is an "open source" development programming
>     language.  
> 
> 1.2 Where can I find out more about Ruby?
> 
>     If you're into IRC, check out #ruby-lang on FreeNode. There are
>     also other channels -- see http://rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyOnIRC.
> 
>     There are also many web and print resources listed below:
> 
> 
>     Ruby's home web site:
>     
>         http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/  (Ruby home page)
> 
>             Follow the links to documentation, downloads, the Ruby
>             Application Archive, the Ruby mail list archives, and 
> 	    lots of other interesting information.  
> 
>     RubyForge (A major repository with hundreds of Ruby projects)
> 
>         http://rubyforge.org
> 
>     Ruby-Doc.org (A large source of Ruby documentation)
>     
>     RubyCentral.COM (Ruby's other major on-line docs and links site):
>     
>         http://www.rubycentral.com/  
> 
>     RubyCentral.ORG (Home of RubyCentral, Inc.)
>     
>         http://www.rubycentral.org/  
> 
>     RubyGarden (An important wiki site, very content-rich)
> 
>         http://rubygarden.org/
> 
>     Ruby FAQ: 
>     
>         http://www.rubygarden.org/iowa/faqtotum/
> 
>     Ruby User's Guide (introductory tutorial):
> 
>         http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/index.html
> 
>     _Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby (A Ruby tutorial on acid, featuring 
>         cartoon foxes)
> 
>         http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
> 
>     Note: The list of books below is now frozen. I don't
>     want to maintain this forever. We all hope the number
>     of Ruby books increases, of course.
> 
>     English language Ruby books (recent publication order):
> 
>         Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmers Guide
>         2nd edition. See below.
> 
>         Making Use of Ruby
> 	by Suresh Mahadevan
> 	Wiley; ISBN 0-471-21972-X (2002)
> 
>         Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days
>         by Mark Slagell
>         Sams; ISBN: 0672322528 (March, 2002)
> 
>         Ruby Developer's Guide
>         by Michael Neumann, Robert Feldt, Lyle Johnson
>         Publishers Group West; ISBN: 1928994644 (February, 2002)
> 
>         The Ruby Way
>         by Hal Fulton
>         Sams; ISBN: 0672320835 (December, 2001)
> 
>         Ruby In A Nutshell
>         by Yukihiro Matsumoto
>         O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596002149 (November, 2001)
> 
>         Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmers Guide
>         by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt
>         Addison Wesley; ISBN: 0201710897 (2000)
>         (As of Sept 2004, there is a second edition also. It is
>          not open-sourced at this time.)
>         Online version: http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
> 	(Note that this is a *legal* first edition.)
>         Download: 
> 	  http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/downloads/book.html
>         Errata: 
> 	  http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/errata/errata.html
> 
>     German language Ruby books (author alpha order):
> 
>         Das Einsteigerseminar Ruby. Der methodische und 
>         ausf端hrliche Einstieg.
>         by Dirk Engel and Klaus Spreckelsen 
>         ISBN: 3826672429
> 
>         Programmieren mit Ruby
>         by Armin Roehrl, Stefan Schmiedl, Clemens Wyss, et al.
>         dpunkt.de; ISBN 3898641511 (February, 2002)
> 	Online: http://www.approximity.com/rubybuch2/node1_main.html
> 
>         Programmieren mit Ruby. Handbuch f端r den pragmatischen 
>         Programmierer.
> 	Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt
>         Addison-Wesley, 2002; ISBN: 382731965X.
>         A German translation of the "Pickaxe" (Programming Ruby).
> 
> 	Pickaxe translation by Juergen Katins: 
> 	  http://home.vr-web.de/juergen.katins/ruby/buch/
> 
>     Search past postings to comp.lang.ruby or the ruby-lang mail list
>     (which have been mirrored to each other since mid-2000):
> 
>         http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.ruby
>         http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml
> 
>     Local Ruby users and groups in your area:
> 
>         http://www.pragprog.com/ruby?RubyUserGroups
> 
> 2 About comp.lang.ruby
> 
> 2.1 Tell me about comp.lang.ruby
> 
>     comp.lang.ruby was officially approved in early May, 2000. 
>     (Conrad Schneiker, the former maintainer of this FAQ, was 
>     responsible for the "net paperwork" of creating this group.)
>     Here is the official charter:
> 
>         CHARTER: comp.lang.ruby
> 
>         The comp.lang.ruby newsgroup is devoted to discussions of the
>         Ruby programming language and related issues.
> 
>         Examples of relevant postings include, but are not limited
>         to, the following subjects:
> 
>         - Bug reports
>         - Announcements of software written with Ruby
>         - Examples of Ruby code
>         - Suggestions for Ruby developers
>         - Requests for help from new Ruby programmers
> 
>         The newsgroup is not moderated.  Binaries are prohibited
>         (except the small PGP type). Advertising is prohibited (except
>         for announcements of new Ruby-related products).
> 
>         END CHARTER.
> 
> 2.2 Tell me the posting guidelines for comp.lang.ruby.
> 
>     (You should also follow these guidelines for the ruby-list mail
>     list, since it is mirrored to comp.lang.ruby.) 
> 
>     (1) ALWAYS be friendly, considerate, tactful, and tasteful.  We
>         want to keep this forum hospitable to the growing ranks of
>         newbies, very young people, and their teachers, as well as
>         cater to fire breathing wizards.  
> 
>     (2) Keep your content relevant and easy to follow. Try to keep
>         your content brief and to the point, but also try to include
>         all relevant information.
> 
>         (a) The general format guidelines (aka USENET Netiquette) are
>             matters of common sense and common courtesy that make life
>             easier for 3rd parties to follow along (in real time or 
>             when perusing archives):
> 
>             - PLEASE NOTE! Include quoted text from previous posts
>               *BEFORE* your responses. And *selectively* quote as much
>               as is relevant. 
>             - Use *plain* text; don't use HTML, RTF, or Word. Most
>               mail or newsreader programs have an option for this; if
>               yours doesn't, get a (freeware) program or use a
>               web-based service that does.
>             - Include examples from files as *in-line* text; don't
>               use attachments.
> 
>         (b) If reporting a problem, give *all* the relevant
>             information the first time; this isn't the psychic friends
>             newsgroup.    When appropriate, include:
> 
>             - The version of Ruby. ("ruby -v")
>             - The compiler name and version used to build Ruby.
>             - The OS type and level. ("uname -a")
>             - The actual error messages.
>             - An example (preferably simple) that produces the
>               problem.
> 
>     (3) Make the subject line maximally informative, so that people
>         who should be interested will read your post and so that people
>         who wouldn't be interested can easily avoid it.  
> 
>         *Usefully* describe the contents of your post:
> 
>             This is OK: 
>             
>                 "How can I do x with y on z?"
>                 "Problem: did x, expected y, got z."
>                 "BUG: doing x with module y crashed z."
> 
>             This is *NOT* OK:
> 
>                 "Please help!!!"
>                 "Newbie question"
>                 "Need Ruby guru to tell me what's wrong"
> 
> 	    These prefixes have become common for subject lines:
> 
>                 ANN:  (for announcements)
> 	        BUG:  (for bug reports)
> 	        OT:   (for off-topic, if you must post off-topic)
>     
>     (4) Finally, be considerate: don't be too lazy. If you are
>         seeking information, first make a reasonable effort to look it
>         up. As appropriate, check the Ruby home page, check the Ruby
> 	FAQ and other documentation, use google.com to search past
>         comp.lang.ruby postings, and so on.  
> 
> 2.3 Tell me about the prolific Matz poster.
> 
>     Matz (aka Yukihiro Matsumoto) is the wizard who created Ruby for
>     us, so be nice to him. He is very busy, so be patient when asking
>     questions. See the Ruby home page to find out more about him and
>     his work. I (Conrad Schneiker) founded comp.lang.ruby at his 
>     suggestion. Contrary to lots of skepticism, it was approved on 
>     the first attempt, with 200 yes votes.
> 
> 2.4 How do the mailing list and newsgroup interrelate?
> 
>     The mailing list is older. When the newsgroup was created, they
>     diverged. In mid-2001, Dave Thomas created a two-way gateway 
>     that would "mirror" the newsgroup to the list and vice versa.
>     (This was accomplished in 200 lines of Ruby code.) It is not 
>     perfect; because of variability in the news feed, sometimes 
>     messages are dropped or duplicated.
> 
>     The online archive of the mailing list therefore includes most
>     of the traffic on the newsgroup, excluding the posts that were
>     made before the creation of the gateway.
> 
>     Note: Spam or other inappropriate messages are NOT the 
>     responsibility of Dave Thomas, who maintains the gateway. He
>     does everything in his power to deal with this issue. Do NOT
>     report spam to his ISP merely because the messages come from
>     his server.
> 
> 2.5 What are these 6-digit message numbers?
> 
>     Historically, every item on the mailing list had a subject
>     starting with a string like: [ruby-talk:99999]
> 
>     The message numbers were convenient since they were strictly
>     serial and formed a good way to refer to a past message. But
>     they interfered with threading; Matz removed them after the
>     matter was put to a vote in early 2002.
> 
>     The news header still refers to this number, should anyone
>     wish to retrieve it. On the mailing list this number can
>     now be found in the X-Mail-Count: header.
> 
>     You can point to a specific message by appending it onto the
>     ruby-talk.com URL; i.e. http://ruby-talk.com/12345 will refer
>     to message 12345. (NOTE: The above was true, but is not
>     currently working.)
> 
> 2.6 What is "POLS"?
> 
>     POLS is an abbreviation for "Principle of Least Surprise" (also 
>     called the Law of Least Astonishment).
> 
>     This term certainly did not originate in the Ruby community, but 
>     it has been frequently used there -- even overused or abused at 
>     times. After all, *every* language or software system seeks at 
>     some level to adhere to this principle. Is any system designed 
>     to be unintuitive?
> 
>     It is inappropriate to invoke POLS as a "magic word" when one's 
>     individual expectations are not met. Ruby continues to evolve, 
>     and Matz often makes changes based on people wishes, needs, or 
>     suggestions. But he cannot be bribed or threatened. Make 
>     suggestions if you wish, but think twice before mentioning POLS.
> 
> 
> 3. Anything else?
> 
>     If you are new to Ruby (or haven't previously taken the Ruby User
>     Survey), please take a moment to anonymously tell us about your
>     programming background and about your Ruby-related interests. The
>     results will be reported back to the Ruby community from time to
>     time. This helps us do a better job of helping each other, and to
>     more effectively expand the Ruby community for our mutual benefit.
>     The survey is at:
> 
>         http://dev.rubycentral.com/survey.html
> 
>     This FAQ was originally produced by Conrad Schneiker.
>     It is now maintained by Hal Fulton (hal9000@hypermetrics.com).
>     I'm interested in corrections and suggestions, but remember that
>     the purpose of this FAQ is to be a brief and simple introduction
>     for new comp.lang.ruby readers.  
>     
>     In closing, one of the reasons that Ruby was designed to be
>     relatively simple, uniform, yet very powerful was to make serious
>     programming (among other kinds) fun.  We hope you will help us
>     keep comp.lang.ruby fun as well. Enjoy.  
> 
> 



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