From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T08:34:27+09:00
Subject: Re: range max


On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:50 PM, Brian Adkins wrote:

> Are you complaining about my version of max or the built in? I can't
> tell because the results are identical ;)

not complaining about anything.  over the years people have posted  
various questions and complaints about ranges: they should do this  
and that, etc.  most/all of the posts though are based on a  
misconception of what ranges are: a very lightweight set of endpoints  
with minimal constraints on the contents and, of course, this is what  
makes then so generally useful in ruby.

basically i feel that the ruby range is maligned and i'm making sure  
the limitations don't convince people that they aren't powerful.  the  
OP, for those who haven't lost track, had complained about the  
performance of range.max.  the thing for people still on thread to  
remember is simply that the impl is naive because ranges are so  
general and that a faster implementation would limit the usefulness  
of range itself, as this thread as beat to death.

cheers.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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