From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T06:36:45+09:00
Subject: Re: new to Ruby - pls help in translating this

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 06:13:19AM +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 
> (1) easier to modify to use a different iteration method, such as map or 
> grep.
> 
> (2) easier to modify to use a different kind of enumerable, like an 
> array or string, rather than a file or a duck-file like ARGF.
> 
> (1) and (2) mean that code written using "ARGF.each do |elem|" can more 
> easily be abstracted/refactored into library code. Of course, if you are 
> writing a one-liner...

See, I knew I was being stupid about something.  Thanks for setting me
straight.

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