From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-11-05T06:27:11+09:00
Subject: Re: What's your Ruby Number? (self.to_i)

Hal Fulton wrote:
> I offer this in the spirit of the old "purity test" and the
> "nerdity test" that was derived therefrom.
>
> Don't take it *too* seriously. All point weights are strictly
> my opinion and are subject to change.
>
>
> Version 1.0 follows... cut, paste, run. Or just cut and run.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Hal
>
>
>
> def add(n)
>    @sum += n
>    puts "#{n} points  (#{@sum} total)"
>    puts
> end
>
> def yorn
>    print "(y/n): "
>    ch = gets.chomp
>    ch=='y' ? 1 : 0
> end
>
> @sum = 0
>
> puts
> puts "First, three background geek questions:"
> puts
>
> puts "How many degrees in computer science do you have?"
> deg = gets.to_i
> add(deg*4)
>
> puts "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?"
> fp = gets.to_i
> div4 = ((Time.now.year - fp)/4.0).ceil
> add(div4*1)
>
> puts "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?"
> yrs = gets.to_i
> div4 = (yrs/4.0).ceil
> add(div4*1)
>
> puts "\n----------------------"
> puts "And now the Ruby stuff:"
> puts
>
> puts "In what year did you start using Ruby? (4 digits)"
> yr = gets.to_i
> partial = Time.now.year - yr
> add(partial*2)
>
> puts "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup? (4 digits)"
> yr = gets.to_i
> partial = Time.now.year - yr
> add(partial*4)
>
> puts "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or Rubyforge?"
> raa = gets.to_i
> add(raa*1)
>
> puts "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or other)"
> conf = gets.to_i
> add(conf*6)
>
> puts "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group?"
> local = yorn
> add(local*2)
>
> puts "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations?"
> conf = gets.to_i
> add(conf*6)
>
> puts "How many Ruby conferences have you attended?"
> conf = gets.to_i
> add(conf*4)
>
> puts "Now, some book questions."
> puts "Translations and newer editions count separately..."
> puts
>
> puts "How many Ruby books list you as an author?"
> book = gets.to_i
> add(book*6)
>
> puts "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to?"
> book = gets.to_i
> add(book*4)
>
> puts "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name?"
> book = gets.to_i
> add(book*2)
>
> puts "How many unique Ruby books do you own?"
> books = gets.to_i
> add(books*1)
>
> puts "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word 'ruby'?"
> dom = yorn
> add(dom*2)
>
> puts "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or stdlib?"
> core = gets.to_i
> add(core*1)
>
> puts "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto?"
> matz = yorn
> add(matz*10)
>
> puts "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux?"
> dave = yorn
> add(dave*6)
>
> puts "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki?"
> nobu = yorn
> add(nobu*4)
>
> puts "Do you know any Japanese?"
> japan = yorn
> add(japan*2)
>
> puts "Is Japanese your first language?"
> japan = yorn
> add(japan*3)
>
> puts "Have you ever written Ruby for pay?"
> pay = yorn
> add(pay*10)
>
> puts "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written."
> loc = (gets.to_i/5000.0).ceil
> add(loc*1)
>
> puts "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)?"
> nconf = gets.to_i
> add(nconf*4)
>
> puts "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times?"
> over500 = gets.to_i
> add(over500*3)
>
> puts "Ever had an RCR accepted?"
> rcr = yorn
> add(rcr*5)
>
>
> puts "That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at #@sum."
> puts "Have a great day, and keep coding!"
> puts

I have a feeling that Robert will be unhappy until this
contains a couple of injects.


puts [

  [ "\nFirst, three background geek questions:" ],

  [ "\nHow many degrees in computer science do you have?",
    :i, 4 ],

  [ "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?",
    :y, [4] ],

  [ "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?",
    :i, [4] ],

  [ "\n----------------------" ],
  [ "And now the Ruby stuff:" ],

  [ "\nIn what year did you start using Ruby?",
    :y, 2 ],

  [ "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup?",
    :y, 4 ],

  [ "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or
Rubyforge?",
    :i ],

  [ "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or
other)",
    :i, 6 ],

  [ "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group?",
    :YN, 2 ],

  [ "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations?",
    :i, 6 ],

  [ "How many Ruby conferences have you attended?",
    :i, 4 ],

  [ "Now, some book questions." ],
  [ "Translations and newer editions count separately..." ],

  [ "\nHow many Ruby books list you as an author?",
    :i, 6 ],

  [ "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to?",
    :i, 4 ],

  [ "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name?",
    :i, 2 ],

  [ "How many unique Ruby books do you own?",
    :i ],

  [ "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word
'ruby'?",
    :YN, 2 ],

  [ "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or
stdlib?",
    :i ],

  [ "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto?",
    :YN, 10 ],

  [ "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux?",
    :YN, 6 ],

  [ "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki?",
    :YN, 4 ],

  [ "Do you know any Japanese?",
    :YN, 2 ],

  [ "Is Japanese your first language?",
    :YN, 3 ],

  [ "Have you ever written Ruby for pay?",
    :YN, 10 ],

  [ "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written.",
    :i, [5_000] ],

  [ "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)?",
    :i, 4 ],

  [ "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times?",
    :i, 3 ],

  [ "Ever had an RCR accepted?",
    :YN, 5 ],

  [ "That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at" ]

].inject(0){ |sum,question|
  puts question.shift
  points =
    question.inject(0){ |num,x|
      case
        when :i == x
          gets.to_i
        when :YN == x
          (gets =~ /^y/i) ? 1 : 0
        when :y == x
          num = gets.to_i
          num += (num<20) ? 2000 : 1900 if num < 100
          Time.now.year - num
        when x.respond_to?(:pop)
          ( num / x.first.to_f ).ceil
        when x.respond_to?(:/)
          num * x
        else
          raise "\n\n\aBad item: #{ x.inspect }\n\n"
      end
    }
  puts "   #{points} points  (#{sum+points} total)\n\n" if
    question.size > 1
  sum + points
}