From: "Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR" <Thomas.Mark@...>
Date: 2006-08-18T02:34:16+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby equiv of perl pos

 
tony summerfelt wrote:
> i noticed that all the ruby solutions presented were longer than the
> original perl code. i found the perl code more readable... which is
> unusual for most perl-ruby comparisons :)

Well, I wouldn't consider it unusual for the code to be longer when you
are trying to duplicate the functionality of a keyword of another
language that doesn't exist in Ruby!

Perhaps if String#scan made MatchData objects available as requested
here: http://www.rcrchive.net/rcr/show/276 the Ruby solution would be
cleaner.

- Mark.