[#3006] mismatched quotation — "stevan apter" <apter@...>

ruby documentation uses a punctuation convention i've never seen

13 messages 2000/05/27

[ruby-talk:02842] Re: Ruby's inherit OS dependency bugs me

From: "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
Date: 2000-05-17 09:06:15 UTC
List: ruby-talk #2842
(Posted to comp.lang.ruby and ruby-talk ML.)

Hi,

Matz writes:

# I'm trying that UNIX style Ruby programs run everywhere, while leaving
# OS dependant (thus non-portable) programs possible.

Out of curiosity, do you generally regard Linux as the reference UNIX style
under circumstances where other UNIX variants differ?

# It's my way to
# accomplish "write once, run everywhere (tm)".

In the Ruby spirit of TABWTDI (there's a better way to do it), how about
"write once, run everything"? :-)

Conrad



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