From: Stephen Smith <4fires@...>
Date: 2007-04-16T03:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: translate Perl diamond operator to Ruby

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Curious +1

:-)

On 4/15/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
>
> Over the years, I've found the following to be an excellent way to whip
> up quick, very useful Perl scripts:
>
>   #!/usr/bin/perl
>
>   while(<>) {
>     # do stuff . . .
>   }
>
> Is there an equivalent idiom in Ruby?  So far as I'm aware, there's no
> catch-all diamond operator in Ruby that allows one to create a default
> input behavior for a script that accepts either a filename or piped
> output of another command the way this works in Perl.  I certainly hope
> there's an equivalent, though.
>
> --
> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
> "The ability to quote is a serviceable
> substitute for wit." - W. Somerset Maugham
>
>

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