From: Max Norman <maxnorman@...>
Date: 2009-07-19T04:23:01+09:00
Subject: Ordering Steps in a Program

Here is a simple program that stores entered words in an array, then,
once a blank line is entered, displays them sorted alphabetically
(another example from Pine's book.) Here are two ways of accomplishing
this.

#1:
puts 'Enter words to sort them alphabetically. When you are finished,
      press "return" on an empty line'

words = []

while true
 word = gets.chomp
  if word == ''
    break
  end
  words.push word
end

puts 'Here they are:'
puts words.sort

--

#2:
puts 'Use this application to sort any number of words. Enter them
below:'

words = []

while true
  word = gets.chomp
  words.push word
  if word ==''
    break
  end
end

puts 'Here are the words you entered, sorted:'
puts words.sort

--

Which one is more correct? The former was presented by Pine as a
possible solution, and the latter is what I came up with after
consulting this suggestion.
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