From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2001-12-13T00:04:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28346] Re: Reviews solicited for Ruby article

In article <005801c18307$0fab2a50$eaa0a118@credenza>, "Bill Kelly"
<billk@cts.com> wrote:

> Alternately,
> 
>     counts = Hash.new(0)
>     text.scan(/[A-Z]/).each {|c| counts[c] += 1}
> 
> would possibly be fun to include in addition to the text.each_byte
> approach . . . . sort of a footnote to convey some of Ruby's
> versatility?

I like it!  That's precisely the sort of thing I was looking for.  As I
explained to Stephan, I was trying to keep the example simple and
long-winded, so I had a few features to discuss.

However, I'd like to put this version immediately after it, saying
something like ... "and now the ruby way" :-).

> I'd agree with these suggestions too.

Yes. I did, too.  I wasn't really happy with the example, because I was
torn between trying to write clean code and trying to keep it simple. I
think I succeeded much better in one direction than the other!