From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-05T11:40:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Can Ruby Do This?

Mr Bubb wrote:
> Well, in my job (bioinformatics), I only use code like this about a 
> hundred times a day. I've been doing this job for 15 years, and 
> actually, there is no better way.

If you're so sure of that, why are you asking for help?  There may be no 
better way in Perl, but Ruby is not Perl. :)

>  You must not need to quickly create 
> data structures from flat files, I guess.

Instead of assuming what my needs are, let's focus on yours.  Nested 
hashes *may* be the best solution in Ruby, but if you provide more 
information about your use case, we can give you better help.

> 
> Jim
> 

Best,
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