From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-06-25T20:40:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Noob question on strings

Hi --

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Fredrik Ludvigsen wrote:

> 7stud -- wrote:
>> 1) Knowing what that code does will not make you a better ruby
>> programmer.
>>
>> 2) You should never use such a construct in your own code.
>>
>> If that code is from some tricky quiz question that you have to answer,
>> then ok.  But you can safely forget all about that construct the
>> momement you are done answering the question.  What that prints is
>> totally irrelevant.
>
> Got it. I'm just a little uncomfortable with not understanding the code
> examples that I read :-)

You've got the right attitude. As a Ruby programmer, you certainly
want to be able to understand every single line of Ruby code you come
across. There's no such thing as a construct that it isn't a good idea
to understand.


David

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