From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-01-04T04:10:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Pickaxe question: "... on the way to true Ruby mastery."

Hi --

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, jeffz_2002@yahoo.com wrote:

> Thanks again.  It's pretty obvious, actually ... sigh.
>
> Funny, I still don't feel well on my way to mastery.  I actually feel
> dumber, in a way.

I'd say Dave Thomas's characterization of it as non-obvious and
non-trivial is a good reality check in that regard :-)  And I assure
you that, having studied this example in depth, there's a lot of Ruby
code that you'll take in stride now that you would have found opaque
before.  Since you'll take it in stride, you may not *know* that
you're taking it in stride, if you see what I mean -- and that's what
keeps us eager to learn.  (And "we" doesn't mean just Ruby programmers
or even just programmers, but people in general who are learning
things.)


David

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