From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-04-16T02:59:46+09:00
Subject: Re: lambda/proc/metaprogramming with Ruby

On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:40 PM, rmagick@gmail.com wrote:

> On Apr 15, 12:50 pm, Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[removeme]"@trevoke.net>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm looking for good tutorials which explain how to use the two  
>> tools of lambda
>> and proc (which, ideally, would also help me learn how to think in  
>> such a fashion).
>> I think that would solve the third issue as well: metaprogramming,  
>> aka writing
>> code that writes code.. But if not, do you know of a good tutorial  
>> for that as
>> well? :)
>
> Regarding metaprogramming, I highly recommend Dave Thomas' "The Ruby
> Object Model and Metaprogramming" series of screencasts. Very clear
> explanations, nicely narrated. Dave uses TextMate to demonstrate code
> snippets.
>
> http://pragprog.com/screencasts/v-dtrubyom/the-ruby-object-model-and-metaprogramming 
> .

I agree.  That series is simply excellent.

I also wrote a little bit about blocks and lambda on my blog a while  
back:

http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/code_as_a_data_type

James Edward Gray II