From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-05-15T03:39:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Algorithm books for Ruby (was Re: Object-oriented solution to Tower of Hanoi)

On 5/13/07, darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org> wrote:
> quoth the Martin DeMello:
>
> > What would be a nice approach is a tour of the fundamental
> > data structures, each one accompanied by an algorithm that it forms
> > the core of, and a full implementation in ruby.
>
> He does include code in Ruby, though oddly, it is not presented inline, nor
> even linked inline:
>
> http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/programs/index.html

Not the best examples of ruby code though.

For example this:
http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/programs/pgm02_01.txt

Would be done idiomatically in Ruby as

   (1..n).inject {|sum, e| sum + e)

And this
http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus8/programs/pgm02_04.txt

by just

   a.max

A random sampling of the code looks like it's mostly C-code
transliterated into Ruby.

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Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/