[#368826] ANN: home_run 0.9.1 Released — Jeremy Evans <code@...>

= home_run

14 messages 2010/09/01

[#368894] uninitialized constant NArray (Name Error) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

Following section (2) here:

12 messages 2010/09/02

[#368914] p vs. print — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

I wrote the following scripts from section (2) here:

24 messages 2010/09/02
[#368915] Re: p vs. print — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/02

Ruby uses "puts", not "print". "p" is short for "puts".

[#368977] Read cookie — Pål Bergström <pal@...>

How can I get the value of a browser cookie with Ruby?

29 messages 2010/09/03
[#368978] Re: Read cookie — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/09/03

P奪l Bergstr旦m wrote:

[#368984] Re: Read cookie — Pål Bergström <pal@...> 2010/09/03

Brian Candler wrote:

[#369036] ruby_archive 0.1.0 released — Jonathan Nielsen <jonathan@...>

After a summer of working on various ways to implement it, I'm happy to

10 messages 2010/09/03

[#369106] A better idiomatic way of doing this?! — Tim Romberg <tim.jakobsson@...>

Hi Im new at Ruby and been struggling with this lab I have for a course

12 messages 2010/09/05

[#369113] unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

I have written a Ruby script "dicom_info.rb", and when I try running

16 messages 2010/09/06
[#369119] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...> 2010/09/06

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 12:42:11PM +0900, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

[#369132] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...> 2010/09/06

Thanks a lot Brian.

[#369139] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...> 2010/09/06

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:55:32PM +0900, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

[#369140] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...> 2010/09/06

So, do you suggest installing "cygwin"?

[#369159] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2010/09/06

> you suggest installing "cygwin"?

[#369124] Odd functional programming question — Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@...>

Ok this is probably not really functional programming but I was just

10 messages 2010/09/06

[#369169] How do I request a HTTPS page? — Samuel Sternhagen <samatoms@...>

I would like to access a https page from irb

14 messages 2010/09/06

[#369226] What OS do you use for Ruby development? — Nick Hird <nrhird@...>

I don't want to start any OS wars. I was just curious as to what OS

67 messages 2010/09/07

[#369301] Nokogiri and LibXML — unbewusst.sein@... (Une B騅ue)

Each time i launch a script using Nokogiri i get :

12 messages 2010/09/08

[#369302] Receiving array naturally? — Terry Michaels <spare@...>

As I learn Ruby, I find a lot of flexibility in the syntax. I was

14 messages 2010/09/08

[#369389] Key Associated w/ Maximum Value in Hash — Timothy Baron <timothy.baron@...>

Simple question: what's the cleanest way to retrieve a key associated

11 messages 2010/09/09

[#369477] How to do foo.chomp!.rstrip!.downcase! ? — Geometric Patterns <geometric.patterns@...>

15 messages 2010/09/10

[#369623] Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ — Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2010/09/12

[#369638] Declarative relations between object attributes — Knut Franke <knut.franke@...>

Some time ago I stumbled over Cells[1], a Common Lisp extension allowing

16 messages 2010/09/12

[#369710] Encoding error while installing rails on ruby 1.9.2 — Bek Bek <bekis3@...>

Hello everybody,

11 messages 2010/09/14

[#369796] Ruby Multi-threading? — Terry Michaels <spare@...>

I read a Ruby e-book recently that indicated that although Ruby has

12 messages 2010/09/15

[#369952] Developing for Ruby on Windows? — Tom Wardrop <tom@...>

I've heard a lot of criticism about developing for Ruby on Windows, but

11 messages 2010/09/17

[#370039] Ruby-based data language — Intransition <transfire@...>

Has anyone ever endeavored to create a data/configuration file format

14 messages 2010/09/19

[#370053] Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Markus Fischer <markus@...>

Hi,

23 messages 2010/09/19
[#370054] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Markus Fischer <markus@...> 2010/09/19

On 20.09.2010 01:14, Markus Fischer wrote:

[#370116] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Quintus <sutniuq@...> 2010/09/20

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[#370164] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Ryan Melton <ryanmelt@...> 2010/09/21

qt does have a new gem I put together:

[#370205] QT works! (was: Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)) — Markus Fischer <markus@...> 2010/09/21

Hi,

[#370127] An elegant way... — "F. Senault" <fred@...>

Hello everybody.

23 messages 2010/09/20

[#370210] The Great Ruby GUI Toolkit Roundup — Ed Howland <ed.howland@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2010/09/21

[#370257] having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Tim Uckun <timuckun@...>

I am running a batch process which uses the wkhtmltoimage-i386 binary

13 messages 2010/09/22
[#370268] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/22

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

[#370294] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Tim Uckun <timuckun@...> 2010/09/22

> What do you mean by that? =C2=A0Goes the timeout undetected? =C2=A0Can't =

[#370309] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/23

On 23.09.2010 01:59, Tim Uckun wrote:

[#370289] Sorting problem with an Array of Arrays — Paul <tester.paul@...>

Hi there, I have an array of arrays that looks like the following:

15 messages 2010/09/22

[#370296] Ruby Installation Error — Tridib Bandopadhyay <tridib04@...>

I am trying this command to build the ruby interpreter

20 messages 2010/09/23
[#370689] Re: Ruby Installation Error — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/09/29

Tridib Bandopadhyay wrote:

[#370319] to make dot method dot method work? — Pen Ttt <myocean135@...>

here is the class

14 messages 2010/09/23

[#370373] how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2010/09/24
[#370374] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/24

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#370379] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...> 2010/09/24

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#370380] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Jes俍 Gabriel y Gal疣 <jgabrielygalan@...> 2010/09/24

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#370383] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...> 2010/09/24

Jes炭s Gabriel y Gal叩n wrote:

[#370388] How to delete the browser cache through ruby — Arihan Sinha <arihan_sinha@...>

Hi All,

11 messages 2010/09/24

[#370590] Point me to help w/ multithreading in 1.9.2-p0 — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com>

Hi Folks - A week or two ago, I pinged this list for recommendations on

11 messages 2010/09/28
[#370593] Re: Point me to help w/ multithreading in 1.9.2-p0 — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/28

Nevermind... figured it out.

[#370640] puts and return — Jim Haungs <jhaungs@...>

10.times do |i|

14 messages 2010/09/28

[#370661] Color sequences in ri on Windows — Eric Christopherson <echristopherson@...>

After installing some gems, the system recommended that I refresh ri

11 messages 2010/09/28

[#370721] The beauty of Ruby through examples — Adriano Ferreira <adrfer@...>

Hey all,

33 messages 2010/09/29

[#370740] Can't upgrade ruby on Snow Leopard — Ast Jay <azzzz@...>

I've followed the instructions here:

13 messages 2010/09/29

[#370796] How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Stefan Salewski <mail@...>

In Ruby we can add new methods to existing classes.

13 messages 2010/09/30
[#370797] Re: How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...> 2010/09/30

On 9/30/2010 2:15 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote:

[#370800] Re: How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/30

But is there a way to call the original method instead of just quitting

Re: Developing for Ruby on Windows?

From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2010-09-19 18:37:06 UTC
List: ruby-talk #370046
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 05:53:43PM +0900, Tom Wardrop wrote:
> I've heard a lot of criticism about developing for Ruby on Windows, but
> am yet to see anyone elaborate on this. Can someone enlighten me on why
> developing for Ruby on Windows is considered to be painful?

I'll be sorta treading the same ground as some other people who
responded, but here's my response anyway:

The problems with developing in Ruby on Windows fall into several
categories.

* Ruby is slow on MS Windows.

* Ruby documentation tends to be POSIX-oriented (that is, Unix and
  Unix-like systems are the targets).  The famous Rails tutorial is a
  good example.

* MS Windows is generally kind of hostile to non-Microsoft interpreted
  languages.  This can make it more difficult to get your language of
  choice installed on the system than on other OSes, for instance, and it
  tends to mean that to do a lot of meaningful work one needs to jump
  through more hoops (such as the extra work involved to get Ruby working
  with WSH instead of just knuckling under and using VBScript).  While
  JScript is actually one of Microsoft's babies, even that is not quite
  as comfortable a fit for MS Windows scripting as VBScript.

* A lot of Ruby gems do not work on MS Windows.  This could be for many
  reasons, such as the fact a gem's functionality might really only
  address a POSIX need.

* The community generally prefers POSIX systems, and it shows in
  discussion, expertise, and so on.

* MS Windows simply lacks some basic functionality that makes development
  easier, such as a proper fork(), a powerful shell that works better
  than a bolt-on afterthought like Powershell, and a general availability
  of simple scriptable interfaces for just about every piece of software
  running on the system.  These are all capabilities that (most) other
  general purpose and server-specific operating systems offer.

That is not to say that using Ruby is not a good language to use on MS
Windows.  As someone else pointed out, it's a good enough language to
make the extra effort involved to use it worthwhile when you're working
with MS Windows.  Some other languages' implementations have been tweaked
to fit MS Windows a little better than Ruby's, of course, but from my
perspective *all* truly multi-platform languages are more painful to use
on MS Windows than elsewhere.

Note that I'm not talking about JRuby.  My minimal experience with JRuby
involves toying with Ruboto on my Android device.

Your mileage may vary, I suppose.

--=20
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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