[#64] Assigning a block to a variable in Ruby — ajmayo@...

I am new to Ruby and curious as to how you emulate the following

30 messages 2005/12/15

[#110] challenge - regex which matches nothing — ara.t.howard@...

15 messages 2005/12/15

[#168211] require! — "Ross Bamford" <rosco@...>

It (finally) clicked now, 'require' is just a method...

24 messages 2005/12/01

[#168265] What is the best way to edit a file to eliminate a line using Ruby? — "Steve [RubyTalk]" <steve_rubytalk@...>

This sounds an easy task, but I'm certain that I'm yet to find the most

17 messages 2005/12/01
[#168269] Re: What is the best way to edit a file to eliminate a line using Ruby? — "William James" <w_a_x_man@...> 2005/12/01

Steve [RubyTalk] wrote:

[#168273] Re: What is the best way to edit a file to eliminate a line using Ruby? — "Steve [RubyTalk]" <steve_rubytalk@...> 2005/12/01

William James wrote:

[#168275] Re: What is the best way to edit a file to eliminate a line — Mike Fletcher <lemurific+rforum@...> 2005/12/01

steve_rubytalk wrote:

[#168309] Re: What is the best way to edit a file to eliminate a line — "Steve [RubyTalk]" <steve_rubytalk@...> 2005/12/01

Mike Fletcher wrote:

[#168271] Good Ruby Examples? — "Hampton" <hcatlin@...>

I'm planning on doing a tutorial about Ruby for Ryerson University's CS

19 messages 2005/12/01

[#168342] [ANN} Komodo 3.5.1 -- a professional Ruby IDE — Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@...>

Yesterday, ActiveState released Komodo

73 messages 2005/12/01
[#168492] Re: [ANN} Komodo 3.5.1 -- a professional Ruby IDE — Christer Nilsson <janchrister.nilsson@...> 2005/12/02

I've tried it on Win XP. It's terribly slow, one minute just to see my

[#169050] Re: [ANN} Komodo 3.5.1 -- a professional Ruby IDE — Wayne Vucenic <nightphotos@...> 2005/12/06

Hi Christer,

[#169084] Re: [ANN} Komodo 3.5.1 -- a professional Ruby IDE — Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@...> 2005/12/06

On 12/5/05, Wayne Vucenic <nightphotos@gmail.com> wrote:

[#169085] ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — Christer Nilsson <janchrister.nilsson@...> 2005/12/06

curt.hibbs wrote:

[#169185] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — Wayne Vucenic <nightphotos@...> 2005/12/06

Hi Christer,

[#170386] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — "soxinbox" <faker@...> 2005/12/13

I think it should be free or have documentation. I don't think I should have

[#170472] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — tony summerfelt <snowzone5@...> 2005/12/13

soxinbox wrote on 12/12/2005 8:07 PM:

[#170476] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — Christer Nilsson <janchrister.nilsson@...> 2005/12/13

tony summerfelt wrote:

[#170537] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — tony summerfelt <snowzone5@...> 2005/12/13

Christer Nilsson wrote on 12/13/2005 9:09 AM:

[#170552] Re: ArachnoRuby -- a professional Ruby IDE — "Gene Tani" <gene.tani@...> 2005/12/13

[#189067] Test post — Javaman49 <shosking@...> 2006/04/17

My first post. <b>testing html</b>

[#189068] Newbie's Ruby IDE Editor Roundup, April 2006 — Javaman49 <shosking@...> 2006/04/17

By a Newbie, for Newbies.

[#168344] need some Ruby magic — Hammed Malik <hammed@...>

I'd like to sort collections randomly. This is what I tried first:

47 messages 2005/12/01
[#168643] Re: need some Ruby magic — Reinder Verlinde <reinder@...> 2005/12/03

In article <dd3f270e4d20842e121bb970bc9a8386@ruby-forum.com>,

[#168675] Re: need some Ruby magic — Jim Weirich <jim@...> 2005/12/03

reinder wrote:

[#168687] Re: need some Ruby magic — Mauricio Fern疣dez <mfp@...> 2005/12/04

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 08:48:11AM +0900, Jim Weirich wrote:

[#168688] Re: need some Ruby magic — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/04

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Mauricio [iso-8859-1] Fern疣dez wrote:

[#168963] Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby magic) — Mauricio Fern疣dez <mfp@...> 2005/12/05

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 10:21:02AM +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:

[#168977] Re: Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby magic) — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/05

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Mauricio [iso-8859-1] Fern疣dez wrote:

[#169082] Re: Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby — Uwe Schmitt <schmitt@...> 2005/12/06

||

[#169091] Re: Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby — Mauricio Fern疣dez <mfp@...> 2005/12/06

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:32:34PM +0900, Uwe Schmitt wrote:

[#169100] Re: Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby — Uwe Schmitt <schmitt@...> 2005/12/06

||

[#169108] Re: Shuffling an array, sort_by{rand}'s bias (was Re: need some Ruby — Michael Ulm <michael.ulm@...> 2005/12/06

Uwe Schmitt wrote:

[#168455] how can I install ruby-xslt ? — Daniel R <draens@...>

Hello,

15 messages 2005/12/02
[#168530] Re: how can I install ruby-xslt ? — Daniel R <draens@...> 2005/12/02

Please, could someone help me ?

[#168468] Problem with method that starts process, yields pid then yields return code — x1 <caldridge@...>

I'm trying to create a method that will kick off a new process, return

12 messages 2005/12/02
[#168545] Re: Problem with method that starts process, yields pid then yields return code — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/02

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, x1 wrote:

[#168599] Re: Problem with method that starts process, yields pid then yields return code — x1 <caldridge@...> 2005/12/03

it seems to work!!

[#168602] Re: Problem with method that starts process, yields pid then yields return code — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/03

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, x1 wrote:

[#168469] Weird Numbers (#57) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

25 messages 2005/12/02

[#168482] Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57) — "Kroeger, Simon (ext)" <simon.kroeger.ext@...>

If I got I right, 70 would be such a number.

12 messages 2005/12/02

[#168557] Studying in the US — Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>

Hi fellow Rubyists!

22 messages 2005/12/02

[#168699] injecting dynamic methods into a class — johanatan <zjll9@...>

hi All,

72 messages 2005/12/04
[#168702] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/04

If you don't mind while I'm at this I'm going to touch up the code to

[#168825] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "johanatan <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/05

transfire wrote:

[#169031] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Ross Bamford" <rosco@...> 2005/12/06

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:10:51 -0000, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

[#169046] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/06

Ross Bamford wrote:

[#169047] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/06

> 'Ad hoc' has too many negative connotations and singleton has a fairly

[#169462] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — jonathan <zjll9@...> 2005/12/08

transfire wrote:

[#169468] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "jonathan <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/08

jonathan wrote:

[#169054] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/12/06

Hi --

[#169087] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/06

[#169098] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/12/06

Hi --

[#169160] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/06

Okay David, its obvious you're getting upset. Though you say the

[#169165] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/12/06

Hi --

[#169169] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/06

[#169170] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/12/06

Hi --

[#169184] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — MenTaLguY <mental@...> 2005/12/06

On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 04:42 +0900, David A. Black wrote:

[#169187] Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2005/12/06

Hi --

[#168716] Weird Numbers (#57) Solution — "Hampton" <hcatlin@...>

Here is my solution. Its not the most beautiful thing in the world, but

39 messages 2005/12/04
[#168730] Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57) Solution — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/04

On Dec 4, 2005, at 7:27 AM, Hampton wrote:

[#168750] Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57) Solution — Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...> 2005/12/04

On 12/4/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#168772] Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57) Solution — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/04

On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Leavengood wrote:

[#168780] Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57) Solution — Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...> 2005/12/04

On 12/4/05, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#168763] Getting Over Symbols — gwtmp01@...

When I was first learning Ruby, symbols were a bit of a mystery.

14 messages 2005/12/04

[#168861] lib for optional static typing — "robertj" <robert_kuzelj@...>

hi,

29 messages 2005/12/05

[#168871] increasing counter whithin loop? — Patrick Gundlach <clr9.10.randomuser@...>

Hi,

36 messages 2005/12/05

[#168920] Colorized Ruby Source Listings/Printing — Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>

I guess I am just old fashion, but sometimes when I am working on

11 messages 2005/12/05

[#168989] Subclassing Class. — John Carter <john.carter@...>

Ok. This is a wild idea.

25 messages 2005/12/06

[#168992] Speed Golf - Remove Early Dups — "Phrogz" <gavin@...>

SUMMARY

12 messages 2005/12/06

[#169057] getting around access control — "Ara.T.Howard" <ara.t.howard@...>

17 messages 2005/12/06

[#169149] Screen scraping an html text contents into a file — "basi" <basi_lio@...>

Hello,

16 messages 2005/12/06
[#169181] Re: Screen scraping an html text contents into a file — "Gene Tani" <gene.tani@...> 2005/12/06

[#169183] Re: Screen scraping an html text contents into a file — Edward Faulkner <ef@...> 2005/12/06

> basi wrote:

[#169314] Syntax checker? — "William E. Rubin" <williamerubin@...>

Ruby doesn't seem to check for class names, function names, and so

22 messages 2005/12/07
[#169323] Re: Syntax checker? — Pit Capitain <pit@...> 2005/12/07

William E. Rubin schrieb:

[#169339] Re: Syntax checker? — "William E. Rubin" <williamerubin@...> 2005/12/07

Thanks for the explanation. But there certainly could at least be a

[#169400] What's your opinion? ArachnoRuby, Komodo, Eclipse/RDT, RadRails, etc. — Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@...>

There's been a couple really good threads that are still ongoing about Ruby

10 messages 2005/12/07

[#169410] RubyScript — dpersik@...

I have done some searching on the web and have found very little about

16 messages 2005/12/07
[#169414] Re: RubyScript — Dan Diebolt <dandiebolt@...> 2005/12/07

>I have done some searching on the web and have found very little about

[#169419] Re: RubyScript — Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...> 2005/12/07

On 12/7/05, Dan Diebolt <dandiebolt@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#169423] Standard Library questions — Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>

I'm spending an hour or two today going through Ruby's standard

13 messages 2005/12/07

[#169466] They say I write Ruby like Perl — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

58 messages 2005/12/08
[#169570] Re: They say I write Ruby like Perl — Chris Game <chrisgame@...> 2005/12/08

Ryan Leavengood wrote:

[#169577] Re: They say I write Ruby like Perl — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/08

On Dec 8, 2005, at 7:27 AM, Chris Game wrote:

[#169582] Re: They say I write Ruby like Perl — Rich <rjseagraves@...> 2005/12/08

I'd be interested to know *why* it is a language convention, and more

[#169516] About class methods — Hank Gong <hankgong@...>

Hi! When I read the Ruby manual, I noticed that for class Array, there are

56 messages 2005/12/08
[#169522] Re: About class methods — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/12/08

Hank Gong wrote:

[#169524] Re: About class methods — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/08

> They're not eigenmethods are they?

[#169587] Re: About class methods — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/08

Sorry Hank, if you are unware of what were talking about in these last

[#169658] Re: About class methods — Hank Gong <hankgong@...> 2005/12/08

I carefully read two articles about classmethods and singleton concept.

[#169669] Re: About class methods — dblack@... 2005/12/08

Hi --

[#169709] Re: About class methods — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/08

[#169721] Re: About class methods — "jonathan <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/08

transfire wrote:

[#169743] Re: About class methods — gwtmp01@... 2005/12/08

[#169806] Re: About class methods — jonathan <zjll9@...> 2005/12/09

>

[#169810] Re: About class methods — "jonathan <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/09

My understanding of 'singleton' methods or 'ad hoc' methods or

[#169861] Re: About class methods — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/09

J,

[#170016] Re: About class methods — jonathan leonard <zjll9@...> 2005/12/10

transfire wrote:

[#170019] Re: About class methods — "jonathan leonard <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/10

T,

[#170025] Re: About class methods — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2005/12/10

[#170035] Re: About class methods — "jonathan <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/10

transfire wrote:

[#170053] Re: About class methods — dblack@... 2005/12/10

Hi --

[#170106] Re: About class methods — "jonathan <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...> <zjll9@...>" <zjll9@...> 2005/12/11

dblack wrote:

[#170201] Re: About class methods — Mark Ericson <mark.ericson@...> 2005/12/12

I'm curious why "class method" is being avoided? It certainly seems

[#169578] do/end vs braces — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

31 messages 2005/12/08

[#169642] ordered/sorted hash — "robertj" <robert_kuzelj@...>

hi,

21 messages 2005/12/08

[#169660] New guy... Intoduction and first question on some direction. — Oscar Gonzalez <rakxzo@...>

Hi everyone. I'm new to these forums. I am sysadmin in California and

16 messages 2005/12/08
[#169666] Re: New guy... Intoduction and first question on some direction. — "ako..." <akonsu@...> 2005/12/08

hello,

[#169680] Re: New guy... Intoduction and first question on some direct — Oscar Gonzalez <rakxzo@...> 2005/12/08

akonsu wrote:

[#169698] Subversion support on RubyForge — Tom Copeland <tom@...>

Hi all -

14 messages 2005/12/08

[#169854] Equation graphing software? — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2005/12/09
[#169904] Re: Equation graphing software? — "Eric Lavigne" <lavigne.eric@...> 2005/12/09

>Does Ruby have any modules useful in graphing equations like y=x**2+5,

[#169857] Kalah (#58) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

26 messages 2005/12/09
[#170216] [SOLUTION] Kalah (#58) — Rob Leslie <rob@...> 2005/12/12

Here's my solution. I'm still playing with it, but I'm posting it now

[#169913] new to Ruby - pls help in translating this — Sam Dela Cruz <sam.dela.cruz@...>

Hi,

45 messages 2005/12/09
[#169922] Re: new to Ruby - pls help in translating this — pat eyler <pat.eyler@...> 2005/12/09

On 12/9/05, Sam Dela Cruz <sam.dela.cruz@philips.com> wrote:

[#169927] Re: new to Ruby - pls help in translating this — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2005/12/09

On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:23 AM, pat eyler wrote:

[#170175] Calculating single-digit summands — "draq" <boyang.xia@...>

I have tried to make an algorithm that finds all possible combinations

12 messages 2005/12/11

[#170196] [SOLUTION] Kalah (#58) — David Balmain <dbalmain.ml@...>

Hey guys,

12 messages 2005/12/12

[#170244] A question about recursive programming — Hank Gong <hankgong@...>

I want to calculate all sum possibility of interger array. I know there are

24 messages 2005/12/12

[#170348] Idiom wanted: do-while — Adam Shelly <adam.shelly@...>

So I was working on the quiz solution, and

23 messages 2005/12/12
[#170349] Re: Idiom wanted: do-while — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/12

On Dec 12, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Adam Shelly wrote:

[#170371] Using Float For Currency — "Hunter's Lists" <lists@...>

Howdy,

20 messages 2005/12/13
[#170373] Re: Using Float For Currency — mental@... 2005/12/13

Quoting Hunter's Lists <lists@lastonepicked.com>:

[#170400] Accessing C structures in Ruby — Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>

(I've already looked at Swig, btw. I'd like to do this one by hand.)

11 messages 2005/12/13

[#170478] Iconv weirdness on Windows XP — Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>

Is anyone else having this problem?

14 messages 2005/12/13

[#170564] Java is so 90s - thought you'd all like this — Stephen Kellett <snail@...>

Doesn't mention Ruby directly but does talk about whats hip (LAMP which

18 messages 2005/12/13

[#170571] Puby 1.0 Release! — "Hampton" <hcatlin@...>

21 messages 2005/12/14

[#170594] Ruby as a MUD language — malcolm.ryan@...

I'm thinking about building a new MUD server (for those who are less

13 messages 2005/12/14

[#170634] English Ruby Home as a second class citizen — <slonik.az@...>

Hi Everyone,

18 messages 2005/12/14
[#170654] Re: English Ruby Home as a second class citizen — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/12/14

slonik.az@gmail.com wrote:

[#170657] Re: English Ruby Home as a second class citizen — "cap" <capitain@...> 2005/12/14

I use

[#170661] Re: English Ruby Home as a second class citizen — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/12/14

cap wrote:

[#170672] Re: English Ruby Home as a second class citizen — Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...> 2005/12/14

On 12/14/05, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:

[#170676] ruby beats them all — "Peter Ertl" <pertl@...>

that why I love ruby (and functional languages in general)

15 messages 2005/12/14

[#170706] regular expressions question — "ako..." <akonsu@...>

hello,

58 messages 2005/12/14
[#170748] Re: regular expressions question — "Ross Bamford" <rosco@...> 2005/12/14

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:59:27 -0000, ako... <akonsu@gmail.com> wrote:

[#170751] Re: regular expressions question — Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...> 2005/12/15

You should be able to tell who this message is meant for:

[#170789] Re: regular expressions question — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/15

On Dec 14, 2005, at 6:16 PM, Jeff Wood wrote:

[#170803] Re: regular expressions question — Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...> 2005/12/15

James Edward Gray II wrote:

[#170953] Re: regular expressions question — Neil Stevens <neil@...> 2005/12/15

Jeff Wood wrote:

[#170958] Re: regular expressions question — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/15

On Dec 15, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Neil Stevens wrote:

[#170974] Re: regular expressions question — Neil Stevens <neil@...> 2005/12/15

James Edward Gray II wrote:

[#170978] Re: regular expressions question — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/15

On Dec 15, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Neil Stevens wrote:

[#170981] Re: regular expressions question — Neil Stevens <neil@...> 2005/12/15

James Edward Gray II wrote:

[#170993] Re: regular expressions question — Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@...> 2005/12/15

[#171034] Re: regular expressions question — "jeff.darklight@..." <jeff.darklight@...> 2005/12/16

I know I said I'd shut up, and I am, but I did feel that after some of

[#170708] can someone improve on this multiple inheritence methodology? — "Ara.T.Howard" <ara.t.howard@...>

11 messages 2005/12/14

[#170735] Forthcoming 2nd ed. of _The Ruby Way_ — rubyhacker@...

Hello, all.

33 messages 2005/12/14

[#171075] Ruby tail recursion — Mark Ericson <mark.ericson@...>

In another thread someone mentioned tail recursion doesn't work right

19 messages 2005/12/16

[#171099] How come I get two e-mails? — Francis Vidal <francisv.list@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2005/12/16

[#171112] nonblocking TCPSocket in multithread software. — Arto Pastinen <arto.pastinen@...>

Hi!

12 messages 2005/12/16

[#171134] RRobots (#59) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

13 messages 2005/12/16

[#171159] End matching — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2005/12/16

[#171246] New to coding, lost as hell — Stephen None <mikari@...>

I've been looking into coding for a while now and would really like to

16 messages 2005/12/17

[#171288] Ruby and Debian — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>

I don't wish to open a can of worms here. I'm not even a Debian

24 messages 2005/12/17

[#171289] Recruitment translators for new Ruby-GetText-Package — Masao Mutoh <mutoh@...>

Hi all,

16 messages 2005/12/17

[#171410] Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — "Jules" <Roseanna80@...>

Hello

43 messages 2005/12/18
[#171415] Re: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/12/18

Jules wrote:

[#171520] Re: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — "Jules" <Roseanna80@...> 2005/12/19

Hello

[#171527] Re: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/19

On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Jules wrote:

[#171529] Re: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — "Gary Allum" <shadarach@...> 2005/12/19

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:10:04 -0800, James Edward Gray II

[#171564] Re: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/19

On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 02:21:59AM +0900, Gary Allum wrote:

[#171743] Unix is not an *I*DE (Was: Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows ?) — "Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT" <jupp@...> 2005/12/20

Hi!

[#171419] Newbie: require 'filename' - undefined local variable or method... — "Grehom" <grehom@...>

I have one line of code in a file called 'stuff.rb':

14 messages 2005/12/18

[#171653] iterate chars in a string — shinya <piccionevolante@...>

Hi there!

25 messages 2005/12/20

[#171671] Nitro Screencasts — George Moschovitis <george.moschovitis@...>

Dear devs,

18 messages 2005/12/20

[#171708] Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — "cyberco" <cyberco@...>

Bruce Eckel (author of amongst other popular books 'Thinking in Java')

34 messages 2005/12/20
[#171744] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — "rcoder" <rcoder@...> 2005/12/20

Eckel's article is getting pretty long in the tooth at this point -- I

[#171793] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...> 2005/12/20

rcoder ha scritto:

[#171802] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — "Doug H" <doug00@...> 2005/12/20

[#172100] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — tony summerfelt <snowzone5@...> 2005/12/22

Doug H wrote on 12/20/2005 6:42 PM:

[#172150] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...> 2005/12/22

tony summerfelt ha scritto:

[#172159] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/22

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 03:42:50AM +0900, gabriele renzi wrote:

[#172227] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...> 2005/12/23

Chad Perrin ha scritto:

[#172229] Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/23

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:17:50PM +0900, gabriele renzi wrote:

[#171758] Bruce Eckel and Ruby — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>

<sigh>

64 messages 2005/12/20
[#171760] Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby — Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...> 2005/12/20

On 12/20/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:

[#171830] The "ruby way" to break apart a name? — Jeff Cohen <cohen.jeff@...>

Switching from C# to Ruby, and learning to write "the Ruby way"... is

26 messages 2005/12/21
[#172006] Re: The "ruby way" to break apart a name? — mathew <meta@...> 2005/12/21

Jeff Cohen wrote:

[#173538] Re: The "ruby way" to break apart a name? — Gerardo Santana Gez Garrido <gerardo.santana@...> 2006/01/02

We had a similar problem at work.

[#171851] Merging two Word documents with Ruby? — Denver Mike <denvermike@...>

I've got a bugger of a problem and I thought I'd toss it out there to

15 messages 2005/12/21

[#171908] ruby videos — olczyk <doctlo-usenet@...>

Aside from the Rails demo, are there any ruby videos online?

16 messages 2005/12/21

[#171926] Looking for better Ruby/Tk references... — Chris Dagnon <chris.dagnon@...>

... or better GUI APIs for Ruby.

12 messages 2005/12/21

[#171943] Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy) — "Tolga" <tolgacavdar@...>

First of all and very first of all, I must state that I am not an enemy

44 messages 2005/12/21
[#172131] Re: Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy) — "Gene Tani" <gene.tani@...> 2005/12/22

[#172144] Re: Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy) — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/22

On Thursday 22 December 2005 11:07 am, Gene Tani wrote:

[#172146] Re: Why not Python? (No, no, I am not a spy) — Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...> 2005/12/22

Actually, the one comparison that gets touched on a bit too lightly ... is

[#171976] move to front of array — Payton Swick <payton@...>

Hi,

19 messages 2005/12/21

[#172010] String > Integer Conversion Problem — Matthew Feadler <matthew@...>

Retro thanks to all who helped me with my last post. I'm certainly more

34 messages 2005/12/21
[#172116] Re: String > Integer Conversion Problem — "Ross Bamford" <rosco@...> 2005/12/22

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:07:03 -0000, jwesley <justin.w.smith@gmail.com>

[#172024] unit tests == ugly code? — Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>

I've found that when I write the tests first, and then write the code,

14 messages 2005/12/21

[#172089] Strange StringScanner behaviour — Neowulf <neowulf@...>

Hi all,

16 messages 2005/12/22

[#172151] Ruby version of UMENU — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

13 messages 2005/12/22
[#172156] Re: Ruby version of UMENU — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...> 2005/12/22

On 12/22/05, Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:

[#172163] Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff — "Drew Mills" <drewmills@...>

Let me preface this post by saying that I'm no Ruby expert. I like it.

38 messages 2005/12/22
[#172172] Re: Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2005/12/22

Hi,

[#172176] Re: Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff — Bob Hutchison <hutch@...> 2005/12/22

[#172179] Re: Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff — Patrick Hurley <phurley@...> 2005/12/22

On 12/22/05, Bob Hutchison <hutch@recursive.ca> wrote:>> On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Drew Mills wrote:>> > Let me preface this post by saying that I'm no Ruby expert. I like> > it.> > It's fun. But I won't claim extensive knowledge on it.> >> > So when this guy blogs about a Python quality that he feel is better> > than a Ruby quality:> >> > It's the second generation that's going to be less enthused,> > that's going to stare in bafflement at these classes that> > mysteriously spawn methods, and trying to figure out what's> > going when there's an exception in dynamically generated> > code. You can monkeypatch code in Python pretty easily, but we> > look down on it enough that we call it "monkeypatching". In> > Ruby they call it "opening a class" and think it's a cool> > feature. I will assert: we are right, they are wrong.> >> > -- http://blog.ianbicking.org/theres-so-much-more-than-rails.html> >> > I am curious what this means. Is Python against dynamic stuff? And> > Ruby for it? And so we just agree to disagree? Or do I> > misunderstand?>> Well, Python is plenty dynamic. I think he is complaining about> Ruby's ability to re-open a class. This can make it difficult to find> the complete definition of a class (imagine doing this in a> completely random way in multiple files). So while it can be abused,> it can also be an incredible simplification of the code you write.> One thing it does is flattens inheritance hierarchies, you don't> need to introduce specialising classes just to add a few methods.> Using xampl as an illustration: the Ruby version of xampl generates 1> class for every 3 generated by the Java version of xampl, one of> those classes is eliminated because I can re-open classes (the other> is eliminated due to duck typing). Another thing reopening classes> does is, obviously, to allow you to extend the built in Ruby classes> (they are just classes after all). I suppose Ian would think things> even worse because in Ruby you can do this to objects as well as> classes.>> This 'monkeypatching' is very similar to concepts in Smalltalk and> CLOS (Common Lisp's object system). Nobody in those communities> complains too much (though Smalltalk's browser reassembles classes> for you, and new CLOS programmers are sometimes at a bit of a loss> because in CLOS methods may belong to two or more classes and it> doesn't seem that the obvious thing to do is the right thing). Ruby> just makes thing a lot easier.>> Just be careful where you aim that thing.>> Cheers,> Bob>> >> > Just curious.> >> > Drew> >> >>> ----> Bob Hutchison -- blogs at <http://www.recursive.ca/hutch/>> Recursive Design Inc. -- <http://www.recursive.ca/>> Raconteur -- <http://www.raconteur.info/>>>>>

[#172320] multithreaded file access — Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@...>

Hi...

15 messages 2005/12/23
[#172329] Re: multithreaded file access — "Jellen" <jellenchan@...> 2005/12/23

Well, I think it's OK to do that.

[#172334] Re: multithreaded file access — "J. Ryan Sobol" <ryansobol@...> 2005/12/23

On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Jellen wrote:

[#172371] Re: multithreaded file access — Ilmari Heikkinen <ilmari.heikkinen@...> 2005/12/23

On 12/23/05, J. Ryan Sobol <ryansobol@gmail.com> wrote:> Correct me if I'm wrong, but your examples only prove that the thread> on the CPU will be able to append the file. I *think* Matias wants> to know if the statement ( File.new('filename','a').puts("this is the> string") ) is atomic. Or in other words, do you need to enforce> mutual exclusive access to the file with a mutex? Unfortunately, I> don't have an answer to that question.

[#172428] Merry Christmas! — Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>

14 messages 2005/12/24

[#172435] ruby 1.8.4 released — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>

Merry Christmas!

14 messages 2005/12/24

[#172462] Ruby 1.8.4 Mac OS X readline problems — Daniel Harple <dharple@...>

Is anyone else having this problem?

11 messages 2005/12/24
[#172492] Re: Ruby 1.8.4 Mac OS X readline problems — "J. Ryan Sobol" <ryansobol@...> 2005/12/25

[#172515] Re: Ruby 1.8.4 Mac OS X readline problems — Jim Menard <jim.menard@...> 2005/12/25

On 12/24/05, J. Ryan Sobol <ryansobol@gmail.com> wrote:

[#172553] Re: Ruby 1.8.4 Mac OS X readline problems — Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...> 2005/12/26

On 12/25/05, Jim Menard <jim.menard@gmail.com> wrote:> On 12/24/05, J. Ryan Sobol <ryansobol@gmail.com> wrote:> >> > On Dec 24, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Daniel Harple wrote:> >> > > Is anyone else having this problem?>> Yes, I am. I don't want to install Fink or Darwin ports. I got> readline working with 1.8.2, and am now struggling to get it to work> with 1.8.4. readline.bundle is in ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.3.0.>> I used "./configure --with-readline --enable-shared" to configure> Ruby, then make, then make install. When I tried running "rake test"> on a random Rails 1.0 project, the unit tests fail with>> /usr/local/bin/ruby -Ilib:test> "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.6.2/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb"> "test/unit/bookmark_test.rb" "test/unit/group_test.rb"> "test/unit/inbox_test.rb" "test/unit/user_test.rb"> dyld: NSLinkModule() error> dyld: Symbol not found: _rl_filename_completion_function> Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.3.0/readline.bundle> Expected in: flat namespace>> rake aborted!> Command failed with status (): [/usr/local/bin/ruby -Ilib:test "/usr/local...]>Hello

[#172494] why there's no ruby 1.8.4 for win-one-click-installer? — "Arie Kusuma Atmaja" <ariekusumaatmaja@...>

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

12 messages 2005/12/25

[#172611] Found a neat trick for doing recursive one-liners — Gary Watson <pfharlock@...>

This is probably something everyone in here already knows about, but I

23 messages 2005/12/27

[#172638] (Real) Primitive Ruby Generics support — Isaac Devine <isaac.devine@...>

Hi all,

20 messages 2005/12/27
[#172772] Re: [ANN] (Real) Primitive Ruby Generics support — Florian Gro<florgro@...> 2005/12/28

Isaac Devine wrote:

[#172649] Re: The Expert Ruby Programmer — "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@...>

basi <basi_lio@hotmail.com> wrote:

22 messages 2005/12/27

[#172653] Blunyx game library for Ruby — Alexander Jakopin <setrodox@...>

I'm very new at Ruby, and I like it very much. :)

12 messages 2005/12/27

[#172721] Command-line option parsing — "Eric J. Roode" <sdn.girths00869@...>

Greetings,

18 messages 2005/12/27

[#172779] Ruby Curriculum for coworkers — ssmoot@...

I've been tasked with coming up with a curriculum for Rails coworkers.

14 messages 2005/12/28

[#172818] What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — "Surgeon" <biyokuantum@...>

Hi,

152 messages 2005/12/28
[#172819] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Alex Knaub <aknaub@...> 2005/12/28

2005/12/28, Surgeon <biyokuantum@gmail.com>:

[#172822] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/28

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 02:32 pm, Alex Knaub wrote:

[#172841] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Johannes Friestad <johannes.friestad@...> 2005/12/28

attr_reader :fname, :lname (attr_reader "fname", "lname" works too)

[#172848] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/28

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Johannes Friestad wrote:

[#172916] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Johannes Friestad <johannes.friestad@...> 2005/12/29

On 12/28/05, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:

[#172921] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Johannes Friestad <johannes.friestad@...> 2005/12/29

BTW: Ruby version 1.8.2, Win XP Pro, Pentium M 2.0 GHz

[#172924] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — ara.t.howard@... 2005/12/29

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Johannes Friestad wrote:

[#172939] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Jim Weirich <jim@...> 2005/12/29

ara wrote:

[#172954] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — "Surgeon" <biyokuantum@...> 2005/12/29

[#172976] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/29

On Thursday 29 December 2005 03:03 am, Surgeon wrote:

[#172986] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — dblack@... 2005/12/29

Hi --

[#172994] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/29

On Thursday 29 December 2005 10:16 am, dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

[#172996] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — dblack@... 2005/12/29

Hi --

[#173000] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Kirk Haines <khaines@...> 2005/12/29

On Thursday 29 December 2005 8:45 am, Steve Litt wrote:

[#173008] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/29

On Thursday 29 December 2005 11:20 am, Kirk Haines wrote:

[#173020] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/29

On 29/12/05, Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:

[#173069] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Devin Mullins <twifkak@...> 2005/12/30

Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173003] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/29

On 29/12/05, Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:

[#173012] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/29

On Thursday 29 December 2005 11:30 am, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173108] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...> 2005/12/30

Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> writes:

[#173124] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/30

On Friday 30 December 2005 08:06 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:

[#173178] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Steve Litt <slitt@...> 2005/12/30

On Friday 30 December 2005 10:35 am, Steve Litt wrote:

[#173180] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/30

On 30/12/05, Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:

[#173211] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/30

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 05:03:20AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173223] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/31

On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

[#173225] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/31

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:37:00AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173226] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/31

On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

[#173238] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/31

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:43:54AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173242] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/31

On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

[#173243] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/31

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:50:27AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#173245] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...> 2005/12/31

On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:

[#172832] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso-rubytalk@...> 2005/12/28

Alex Knaub <aknaub@gmail.com> writes:

[#172854] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — James Britt <james_b@...> 2005/12/28

Yohanes Santoso wrote:

[#172909] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Eero Saynatkari <ruby-forum-reg@...> 2005/12/29

Yohanes Santoso wrote:

[#172983] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso-rubytalk@...> 2005/12/29

Eero Saynatkari <ruby-forum-reg@mailinator.com> writes:

[#173005] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/29

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 11:37:59PM +0900, Yohanes Santoso wrote:

[#173025] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso-rubytalk@...> 2005/12/29

Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> writes:

[#173056] Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? — Chad Perrin <perrin@...> 2005/12/30

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:07:35AM +0900, Yohanes Santoso wrote:

[#172820] new project: Ruby Message System (RMS) — "Mark Watson" <mark.watson@...>

I have relied on guarenteed delivery asynchronous messaging to build

13 messages 2005/12/28

[#172861] Directory and file listing — adam beazley <abeazley@...>

Hello,

18 messages 2005/12/28
[#172871] Re: Directory and file listing — Detlef Reichl <detlef.reichl@...> 2005/12/28

Am Donnerstag, den 29.12.2005, 07:07 +0900 schrieb adam beazley:

[#172881] Re: Directory and file listing — adam beazley <abeazley@...> 2005/12/28

[#172887] Re: Directory and file listing — Johannes Friestad <johannes.friestad@...> 2005/12/28

> thanks for your reply, I believe i understand, however I dont know how

[#172888] Re: Directory and file listing — Johannes Friestad <johannes.friestad@...> 2005/12/28

> > But on the string answer of your question:

[#172885] Real-time image processing in Ruby — John Koschwanez <ishkaprog@...>

I'm a Ruby newbie - "Programming Ruby" was great Xmas break reading!

10 messages 2005/12/28

[#173032] Path Separator and Windows — Justin Johnson <justinjohnson@...>

Using ruby 1.8.2 on Windows XP, the path separator used for things like

21 messages 2005/12/29
[#173035] Re: Path Separator and Windows — Bob Showalter <bob_showalter@...> 2005/12/29

Justin Johnson wrote:

[#173039] Re: Path Separator and Windows — Justin Johnson <justinjohnson@...> 2005/12/29

Bob Showalter wrote:

[#173063] Using Ruby to Invest in the Market? — Michael Gorsuch <michael.gorsuch@...>

An idea popped in my head today. Has anyone ever used a stock

14 messages 2005/12/30

[#173083] Fixnums can have instance variables? Cool. — gwtmp01@...

This really surprises me:

15 messages 2005/12/30

[#173110] Numeric Maze (#60) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

126 messages 2005/12/30
[#173201] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — "J. Ryan Sobol" <ryansobol@...> 2005/12/30

On Dec 30, 2005, at 8:37 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:

[#173204] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2005/12/30

On Dec 30, 2005, at 4:17 PM, J. Ryan Sobol wrote:

[#173356] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — Stephen Waits <steve@...> 2005/12/31

[#173413] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — Peter Burns <rictic@...> 2006/01/01

On 12/31/05, Stephen Waits <steve@waits.net> wrote:

[#173416] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — Stephen Waits <steve@...> 2006/01/01

[#173429] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...> 2006/01/01

On 12/31/05, Stephen Waits <steve@waits.net> wrote:

[#173438] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — "Dominik Bathon" <dbatml@...> 2006/01/01

On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:59:32 +0100, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com>

[#173443] Re: [QUIZ] Numeric Maze (#60) — Ilmari Heikkinen <ilmari.heikkinen@...> 2006/01/01

On 1/1/06, Dominik Bathon <dbatml@gmx.de> wrote:>> $ time ruby num_maze.rb 22222 99999> [22222, 22224, 11112, 5556, 2778, 2780, 1390, 1392, 696, 348, 174, 87, 89,> 91, 93, 95, 97, 194, 388, 390, 780, 1560, 1562, 3124, 6248, 12496, 12498,> 24996, 24998, 49996, 49998, 99996, 199992, 199994, 99997, 99999]>> real 0m1.768s> user 0m1.725s> sys 0m0.022s>> ;-)

[#173463] Numeric Maze (#60) — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2006/01/01

On Dec 30, 2005, at 7:37 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:

[#173468] Re: [SOLUTION] Numeric Maze (#60) — Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...> 2006/01/01

On Jan 1, 2006, at 15:47, James Edward Gray II wrote:

[#173470] Re: [SOLUTION] Numeric Maze (#60) — Stephen Waits <steve@...> 2006/01/01

[#173478] Re: [SOLUTION] Numeric Maze (#60) — Maurice Codik <maurice.codik@...> 2006/01/01

I guess we're allowed to submit solutions now... here's my first ever ruby

[#173477] Numeric Maze (#60) — Ilmari Heikkinen <ilmari.heikkinen@...> 2006/01/01

On 12/30/05, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=>> by Christer Nilsson>> You have a starting point and a target, say 2 and 9.>> You have a set of three operations:>> double> halve (Odd numbers cannot be halved.)> add_two>> Problem: Move from the starting point to the target, minimizing the number of> operations.>> Examples:>> solve(2,9) # => [2,4,8,16,18,9]> solve(9,2) # => [9,18,20,10,12,6,8,4,2]>>

[#173111] On Symbols — Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>

Hey, all you lurkers:

34 messages 2005/12/30

[#173116] Fwd: [SOLUTION] Sudoku — James Edward Gray II <james@...>

Begin forwarded message:

12 messages 2005/12/30

[#173125] Method for turning strings into code — Steve Litt <slitt@...>

Hi all,

12 messages 2005/12/30

[#173149] About Steve Yegge's 'Opinions considered harmful' post — Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>

Excuse me, but where in this post does anything about Ruby arise?

11 messages 2005/12/30

[#173179] Another Newb asks questions. — Joseph Divelbiss <joseph@...>

Ok, recently started "trying" to learn this wonderful language, but am

13 messages 2005/12/30

[#173279] A few questions of function and style from a newbie — "Sven Johansson" <sven_u_johansson@...>

Hi, good people of clr,

12 messages 2005/12/31

Re: Splitting a text file into sentences

From: Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...>
Date: 2005-12-01 01:46:22 UTC
List: ruby-talk #168210
On Dec 1, 2005, at 0:36, Dave Howell wrote:

>
> On Nov 30, 2005, at 15:35, Matthew Smillie wrote:
>
>> On Nov 30, 2005, at 22:02, Dave Howell wrote:
>>
>>> you can solve all "Mr./Dr./Ph.D." cases by the fact that if a  
>>> word starts with a cap and ends with a period, it's not a sentence.
>>
>> I'm not sure that's a very good rule, Dave. There are two  
>> sentences here.
>>
>> The above rule may catch titular abbreviations, but over- 
>> generalises to produce a false negative in the above example.
>
> I hadn't intended to provide a single magical rule that was perfect  
> in isolation, after all. {chuckle}

Didn't assume you were!  It was just a good example to use for a  
"this can be harder than it looks" couple of lines of warning, since  
it's been my experience that people don't anticipate false negatives  
as well as they do false positives.


matthew smillie.

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