From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-11-10T02:19:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???

Hi --

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Aldric Giacomoni wrote:

> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>> Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
>>> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would you?  Or would you rather see
>>>> count = blahblahblah.count do |args|
>>>>  lots_of_stuff
>>>>  condition
>>>> end
>
> a = [1,2,3,4]
> b = 0
> # 'nip' is undefined outside the block
> irb(main):393:0> b = a.size do |nip|
> irb(main):394:1* puts nip * 2
> irb(main):395:1> nip > 6
> irb(main):396:1> end
> => 4
> irb(main):397:0> b = a.size do |nip|
> irb(main):398:1* puts nip * 2
> irb(main):399:1> nip < 6
> irb(main):400:1> end
> => 4
>
> I don't understand this block.
> Aussi, si je puis me permettre - le Francais est une langue, et Ruby est
> un langage (de programmation). Yet another one of those french
> subtleties!

http://dablog.rubypal.com/2007/4/17/the-l-in-dsl-langue-ou-langage

:-) (Not the same topic obviously but your comment made me think of
it.)


David

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