From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-11-16T14:14:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Unit Conversion (#183)


On Nov 15, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Ken Bloom wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:20:42 -0500, Matthew Moss wrote:
>
>
>>>> Your task is to write a units converter script. The input to the
>>>> script must be three arguments: the quantity, the source units, and
>>>> the destination units. The first example above would be run like  
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>>     $ ruby convert.rb 50 miles kilometers
>>>>
>>>> Or, using abbreviations:
>>>>
>>>>     $ ruby convert.rb 50 mi km
>>>>
>>>> Support as many units and categories of units (i.e. volume, length,
>>>> weight, etc.) as you can, along with appropriate abbreviations for
>>>> each unit.
>>>
>>> This will be interesting. I'm not going to endeavor into myself b/ 
>>> c I
>>> help maintain Stick (http://stick.rubyforge.org) which already does
>>> this (and there's another lib out there that does it too). But it  
>>> will
>>> be interesting to see how others approach it.
>>
>> Note to everyone else: using another lib, such as stick, is  
>> considered
>> cheating for this quiz.  :D
>
> I disagree, and think that if he actually has a useful lib, he should
> show it off.


It is cheating.

However, I never told him not to do it.  ;)

Seriously, this is Ruby Quiz. I'm not going to call the cops on you  
because you did something other than what I expected.