From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2007-03-19T22:10:05+09:00 Subject: Re: PLEAC - Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook On 3/19/07, David A. Black wrote: > Hi -- > > On 3/19/07, John Joyce wrote: > > For some basic structures, this is not a bad idea, but unfortunately > > for many things Ruby code and approach is often pretty different from > > similar programs in other languages. > > Moreover, unless the PLEAC philosophy has changed, my impression was > that they were interested mainly in how to do things in a Perl-like > way in other languages. I seem to remember suggesting a rewrite of > one of the Ruby examples to use a block, or something along those > lines, and being told that they weren't aiming to illustrate the > individual features of separate languages. To the extent, great or > small, that PLEAC is constrained to play in Perl's ballpark in terms > of constructs and idioms, I don't think it's of much interest. I > haven't examined it in great detail recently, though. Hmmmmm, Might be interesting to come up with a similar set of examples which highlight the ruby way of doing things and then challenge others to replicate the ruby code in other languages. Just a thought. -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/