From: Joe Wiltrout Date: 2007-07-16T07:56:06+09:00 Subject: Re: I need serious help! unknown wrote: > In message , Joe > Wiltrout writes: >>Ya know what? It originally was about Ruby. But then I changed my mind, >>and decided to try Java, which was ok. Then I tried UCB Logo and it >>rocks. > > So maybe you should have gone to a list or forum related to these? > >>And wtf does hyperbolic mean? > > There's this thing called a "dictionary". You might look up the word > "hyperbole". Claiming that people told you to run hello world thousands > of times is "hyperbole". > > -s Not really. People told me to run basic programs like Hello World for a few months. It takes about 5 seconds to type puts ("Hello World!"). Lets do some math. I have about 4 hours a day. Lemme use my phone calculater cus its summer, and i dont like math. 4 hours times 60 minutes equals 240 minutes. 240 minutes times 60 seconds equals 14400 seconds. 14400 seconds divided by 5 equals 2880 basic programs per day. Times 31 days in a month equals 89280. Times, say, 3 months, because thats what I think when some1 says a few, equals 267840 basic programs before I move on to something slightly less simple. So my 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times statment was , as you say, hyperbole. My thousands of statment was an understatment. It should have been hundreds of thousands. You just got proved wrong sucker. Now lets see if I only have 30 minutes a day. 32400 times. So, in no way, was my thousands statment hyperbole. Save your hyperbole talk and go to Texas. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.