From: Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[removeme]"@...>
Date: 2009-04-16T04:10:10+09:00
Subject: Re: lambda/proc/metaprogramming with Ruby

James Gray wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Excellent - thank you to both!
Incidentally, James, I saw online recently your presentation for Little Big Ruby
and I really enjoyed it :)

-- 
Aldric Giacomoni<br>
A lifetime isn't nearly long enough to figure out what it's all about.