[#363639] Parsing geonames — 12 34 <rubyforum@...>

A Ruby newbie having trouble getting results back from geonames

16 messages 2010/06/02
[#363641] Re: Parsing geonames — Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...> 2010/06/02

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM, 12 34 <rubyforum@web.knobby.ws> wrote:

[#363642] Re: Parsing geonames — 12 34 <rubyforum@...> 2010/06/02

Michael Fellinger wrote:

[#363646] installation issue with Ruby gems on Ubuntu 8.04 — Santosh Dvn <santoshdvn@...>

Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 .. while installing i got

14 messages 2010/06/02

[#363662] having a class method called only one time ? — unbewusst.sein@... (Une B騅ue)

I'd like having a class method called only one time ?

12 messages 2010/06/02

[#363756] comparing objects — Anderson Leite <andersonlfl@...>

How can I compare two objects and get true if some of his atributes are

48 messages 2010/06/03
[#364122] Re: comparing objects — Rein Henrichs <reinh@...> 2010/06/10

On 2010-06-10 06:59:40 -0700, Robert Dober said:

[#363764] Documenting Ruby 1.9: Ebook or Wiki? — Run Paint Run Run <runrun@...>

I'm writing a free ebook about Ruby 1.9 at http://ruby.runpaint.org/ .

17 messages 2010/06/04
[#363765] Re: Documenting Ruby 1.9: Ebook or Wiki? — Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...> 2010/06/04

On 4/6/2010 11:30 AM, Run Paint Run Run wrote:

[#363775] Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...>

I feel I should start with some pre-emptive apologies. I used to =

28 messages 2010/06/04
[#363895] Re: Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Phrogz <phrogz@...> 2010/06/06

On Jun 4, 3:29=A0am, Dave Howell <groups.20...@grandfenwick.net> wrote:

[#363975] Re: Looking for ORM for 'legacy' database. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...> 2010/06/07

[#363883] inject method of Array class — RichardSchollar <richardgschollar@...>

I have only just started using Ruby (and am a total noob, in case this

14 messages 2010/06/06

[#363944] Complex numbers contradiction? — Andrew Duncan <andrew.duncan@...>

This looks correct:

13 messages 2010/06/07
[#363951] Re: Complex numbers contradiction? — Robert Dober <robert.dober@...> 2010/06/07

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Andrew Duncan <andrew.duncan@sonos.com> wrote:

[#364010] Rubyzip - `dup': can't dup NilClass (TypeError) — Luka Stolyarov <lukich@...>

Hello. I've trying to figure out rubyzip. Here's the code I had:

11 messages 2010/06/08

[#364101] Why private #binding? — Intransition <transfire@...>

Why is #binding a private method? I end up doing a lot of this:

13 messages 2010/06/10

[#364268] State of the union for Ruby CLI libraries? — John Feminella <johnf@...>

I am starting construction on a somewhat complicated internal

18 messages 2010/06/13

[#364273] Loading a module without polluting my namespace — Hagbard Celine <sin3141592@...>

Hey folks!

20 messages 2010/06/13

[#364330] shorthand — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>

I read this once:

14 messages 2010/06/14

[#364342] Placement of require() and missing symbols — Eric MSP Veith <eveith@...>

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16 messages 2010/06/15
[#364365] Re: Placement of require() and missing symbols — Kirk Haines <wyhaines@...> 2010/06/15

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Eric MSP Veith

[#364371] datamapper blues — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>

I'm investigating the use of DataMapper to convert an old project with

14 messages 2010/06/15

[#364402] Getting rid of self — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>

22 messages 2010/06/16
[#364440] Re: Getting rid of self — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/16

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@dos32.com> wrote:

[#364415] Android apps using ruby — Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan <lakshmanan@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2010/06/16
[#364439] Re: Android apps using ruby — Andrew Kaspick <akaspick@...> 2010/06/16

Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:

[#364479] Re: Android apps using ruby — Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan <lakshmanan@...> 2010/06/17

Andrew Kaspick wrote:

[#364496] nothing new in ruby_core for four days ? — Michel Demazure <michel@...>

The Ruby Core forum has no new entry since four days ago.

15 messages 2010/06/17
[#364498] Re: nothing new in ruby_core for four days ? — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/17

Michel Demazure wrote:

[#364529] Dear gem: still no zlib. — Dave Howell <groups.2009a@...>

I really really regret ever installing SnowLeopard.=20

16 messages 2010/06/17

[#364580] String comparison. Why does Ruby consider this true? — Abder-rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

When I try for example to compare the following strings in Ruby, I get

13 messages 2010/06/18
[#364584] Re: String comparison. Why does Ruby consider this true? — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/18

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Abder-rahman Ali <

[#364628] Random Points within a Circle (#234) — Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>

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21 messages 2010/06/19
[#364696] Re: [QUIZ] Random Points within a Circle (#234) — Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...> 2010/06/21

On 6/19/10, Daniel Moore <yahivin@gmail.com> wrote:

[#364641] Namespacing a class — Eric MSP Veith <eveith@...>

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18 messages 2010/06/20

[#364815] Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Danny Challis <dannychallis@...>

Hello everyone,

18 messages 2010/06/24
[#364817] Re: Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Jes俍 Gabriel y Gal疣 <jgabrielygalan@...> 2010/06/24

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Danny Challis <dannychallis@gmail.com> wro=

[#364825] Re: Count substrings in string, scan too slow — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/06/24

2010/6/24 Jes=FAs Gabriel y Gal=E1n <jgabrielygalan@gmail.com>:

[#364850] Happy Intransition Day! — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>

Happy Intransition Day!

23 messages 2010/06/24

[#364930] Ruby in JavaScript, all projects are dead? — Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@...>

Hello, recently I've examined some of the projects that trying to bring

18 messages 2010/06/27

[#364988] Reading String Data as a File — Doug Jolley <ddjolley@...>

I use Net::HTTP to collect some data as a string. I now need to pass

25 messages 2010/06/29
[#364989] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2010/06/29

[#364996] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/29

Ryan Davis wrote:

[#365016] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Doug Jolley <ddjolley@...> 2010/06/29

> If it takes only a pathname argument, then you're

[#365024] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...> 2010/06/29

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Doug Jolley <ddjolley@gmail.com> wrote:

[#365036] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/06/30

2010/6/29 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>:

[#365049] Re: Reading String Data as a File — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/06/30

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#365039] pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix — "R.. Kumar 1.9.1 OSX" <sentinel1879@...>

/opt/local/lib/ruby1.9/1.9.1/pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted

12 messages 2010/06/30
[#365048] Re: pathname.rb:270: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix — Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...> 2010/06/30

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:11 AM, R.. Kumar 1.9.1 OSX <sentinel1879@gmail.com

Re: Help with Ruby return types and documentation

From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2010-06-22 21:58:48 UTC
List: ruby-talk #364744
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Tasos Laskos <zapotek@segfault.gr> wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks a lot for your informative reply.
>
> You missed the one about coming from Java --not a big fun-- but I do
> appreciate its documentation.
>
>
Good API docs was always a quality of Java, even from the early days, but
Java needs it. Java libraries are very class heavy. The dynamic nature of
Ruby, coupled with powerful language features, means that you can do a
lot more with less classes and methods. Its a big leap to make though.


> My background is in C and PHP.
> PHP is dynamically typed too but the documentation is pretty clear about
> types and examples.
>

I don't have much experience with PHP, but from the opinions of those who
do,
I think a lot of PHP development is isolated within its standard library. In
Ruby
a lot of development uses a lot of 3rd party libraries/gems. I would say the
usage
of non-standard libraries in Ruby is above the median across all
programming
languages. Rails, which is about as conventional as Ruby development gets,
relies a lot on its extension mechanism. It would be pretty unusual to see
Rails projects that scorned all plugins. For non-Rails projects, nearly
anything goes,
and you can expect to see real world projects assembled almost entirely out
of
3rd party libraries that were not designed with each other in mind (Sinatra
+ Haml
+ DataMapper is actually a common enough combo).

This fact doesn't help the documentation situation much. And the APIs of the
best
stuff, do tend to be a bit of a moving target. There is also a bit of
competition in
significant problem domains (like web development, testing libraries, HTTP
clients
etc.). All of this means that documentation is not as verbose or complete as
you
would like it to be. Understanding an API is usually best accomplished by
running it
through IRB, studying source, or running the unit tests. All of which sounds
cavalier if you are used to working in languages/platforms where there are
significant
vendors.


> First day of Ruby today so I guess a working spider and half working
> analyzer isn't too bad of a progress.
>
>
Yeah. Not too shabby.


> I just have to get used to doing things the Ruby way, which I will
> eventually...unfortunately patience is not one of my qualities.
>

Well discipline is a more important virtue. There are a lot of very cool
libraries out there,
and its easy to get side tracked into them. Personally I have to be very
strict about the
amount of libraries I wish to learn at once (ideally just one) and ignore a
lot of cool things.

-- 
http://richardconroy.blogspot.com

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