From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-02T04:36:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Question. eval.rb variable scope issue

On 7/1/07, Rishel,Wes <Wes.Rishel@gartner.com> wrote:
Please do not top post.

> Robert,
>
> I have said repeatedly that I am not (a) expressing direct opinions on
> Ruby -- the language, or (b) attempting to compare it to Python.
>
> In another posting I provided the URL to what appears to be the prime
> tutorial on Ruby, at least it is featured in a set of links delivered
> with the software. Simple examples don't work.
>
> If I dared to comment that this might be off-putting to the newbie then
> I guess whether that is hostile or not depends a lot on the culture of
> the community. I have certainly been careful to avoid being accusatory,
> sarcastic and to keep the "tone" of my emails emotionally neutral. To me
> this seems like the courteous thing to do.
>
> So far I have given examples that don't work in the tutorial that is
> recommended in the software distribution, and asked questions to help me
> understand why the Ruby approach to local variable scoping is meant to
> work the way it does.
>
> Apparently you feel that this is hostile.
No I do not at all.
>All I can hope is that others
> in the community are more open to discussion that is collegial.
>
> If most people on the list feel I am not being collegial then I will try
> to figure out why. Usually I have good luck at keeping the discussion
> focused on issues.
What issue? Eval, local scopes or an error in a Tutorial you do not link to?
Funny I just got the feeling that you are worried about writing
speeches, well if I could not help than I could not help, no problem
at all.

Robert
-- 
I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java.
I just didn't know it would be called Ruby
-- Kent Beck