[#386100] Numeric#coerce docs are disaster — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>

num.coerce(numeric) → array

14 messages 2011/08/02

[#386114] Documentation Improvement Proposal — Chris White <cwprogram@...>

= Issues =

24 messages 2011/08/02
[#386115] Re: Documentation Improvement Proposal — Steve Klabnik <steve@...> 2011/08/02

I reeeeeealy dislike user comments on documentation. It's one of the

[#386117] Re: Documentation Improvement Proposal — Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...> 2011/08/02

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> wrote:

[#386118] Re: Documentation Improvement Proposal — Steve Klabnik <steve@...> 2011/08/02

> What's wrong with stealing WikiPedia's procedures? The model works

[#386119] Re: Documentation Improvement Proposal — Chris White <cwprogram@...> 2011/08/02

On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Steve Klabnik wrote:

[#386123] Re: Documentation Improvement Proposal — Steve Klabnik <steve@...> 2011/08/02

Apologies, I've just responded to everyone in-line.

[#386231] Brainstorming ideas how to improve Ruby's documentation — Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>

The title is misleading...

42 messages 2011/08/05
[#386233] Re: Brainstorming ideas how to improve Ruby's documentation — "Fred L." <f.linard@...> 2011/08/05

Hello,

[#386235] Re: Brainstorming ideas how to improve Ruby's documentation — Alexander Litvinovsky <alexander.litvinovsky@...> 2011/08/05

What are you talking about? Ruby has a nice docs, railsapi.com for example.

[#386297] Help out with the next version of ruby-lang.org — Magnus Holm <judofyr@...>

https://github.com/rubylang/ruby-lang.org

11 messages 2011/08/07

[#386341] Exceptional Ruby and Metaprogramming Ruby has anyone picked these up? — Kevin <darkintent@...>

I'm thinking of picking up these two books and was wondering if anyone

11 messages 2011/08/09

[#386378] ruby installation — "Momodou J." <modou75alieu@...>

how to implement this in windows :

16 messages 2011/08/09

[#386401] *WHY* does this not work? — serialhex <serialhex@...>

ok, so code:

23 messages 2011/08/09
[#386403] Re: *WHY* does this not work? — "Darryl L. Pierce" <mcpierce@...> 2011/08/09

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:52:59AM +0900, serialhex wrote:

[#386404] Re: *WHY* does this not work? — serialhex <serialhex@...> 2011/08/09

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce@gmail.com> wrote:

[#386409] Re: *WHY* does this not work? — Jonathan Nielsen <jonathan@...> 2011/08/09

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:11 PM, serialhex <serialhex@gmail.com> wrote:

[#386480] Odd regexp behavior — Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>

I'm running 1.9.2-p180

16 messages 2011/08/10

[#386506] Distributing Ruby program as a standalone executable (exe) for windows — Michelle Pace <michelle@...>

Hello there,

10 messages 2011/08/11

[#386539] Online tutor for Ruby — T J Pereira <tj5155@...>

I am finding it difficult to apply the RUBY program. Its because i have

18 messages 2011/08/12
[#386541] Re: Online tutor for Ruby — Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...> 2011/08/12

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:00 AM, T J Pereira <tj5155@tm.net.my> wrote:

[#386637] class inheritance and class constants — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

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16 messages 2011/08/14

[#386784] Green Shoes v1.0 released — ashbb <ashbbb@...>

Hello, everyone.

15 messages 2011/08/18
[#392062] Re: Green Shoes v1.0 released — Barry Yu <yubarry@...> 2012/01/09

why do I get this error?

[#386796] Searching in a directory — Yu Yu <htwoo@...>

Hello,

21 messages 2011/08/18

[#386893] Gritty Details of super() — luke gruber <luke.gru@...>

Hey guys,

18 messages 2011/08/21

[#386900] Possble bug in Ruby parser (Fixnum#times within "case" statement) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, I cannot find an explanation for the following issue so I think it's a bug:

15 messages 2011/08/21
[#386901] Re: Possble bug in Ruby parser (Fixnum#times within "case" statement) — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2011/08/21

[#386903] Re: Possble bug in Ruby parser (Fixnum#times within "case" statement) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...> 2011/08/21

2011/8/22 Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>:

[#386920] New to Ruby some problems — jack jones <shehio_22@...>

I am new to Ruby, My mother tongue is C++ .. I have too many problems I

21 messages 2011/08/22

[#386949] Want to get involved with this doc stuff? I'm making it even easier — Steve Klabnik <steve@...>

Hey guys-

9 messages 2011/08/22

[#387058] How the access the values of this result — QAS WM <qaiserwali@...>

I am getting the following as a result of a script I run.

11 messages 2011/08/26

[#387070] overloading methods question please? — jack jones <shehio_22@...>

def do_something(a as Array)

11 messages 2011/08/26

[#387138] String#split resets regex captures variables (Ruby 1.8.7) — Olivier Lance <bestiol@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2011/08/29

[#387196] SAMSUNG to produce "Ruby on Rails in Silicon" System on a Chip — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>

(public draft)

9 messages 2011/08/31

[#387197] Prepend a character to a string in ruby — ruby rails <rubyonrails4me@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2011/08/31

[#387212] GUI programming — Samuel Mensah <sasogeek@...>

Is ruby GUI programming something that will come along as I study ruby

19 messages 2011/08/31
[#387230] Re: GUI programming — Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@...> 2011/08/31

I believe right now it's better to stay with console, there's no Ruby

Re: *WHY* does this not work?

From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-08-10 07:02:34 UTC
List: ruby-talk #386453
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> wrote:
>
> Whilst Ruby is probably a perfectly logical and self-consistent language
> I personally think it has no right whatsoever to claim least surprise.
>
> I've always said Matz finds Ruby unsurprising, but that's because he
> wrote it.
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>


From http://www.artima.com/intv/ruby4.html


Bill Venners: In an interview, you said "I designed Ruby to minimize my
surprise. I was very amazed when people around the world told me that Ruby
reduced their surprise and enhanced their joy of programming. Now I'm pretty
sure that programmer's minds are alike all over the world." Why the
principle of least surprise?

Yukihiro Matsumoto: Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the
principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that
philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.

I wanted to minimize my frustration during programming, so I want to
minimize my effort in programming. That was my primary goal in designing
Ruby. I want to have fun in programming myself. After releasing Ruby and
many people around the world got to know Ruby, they said they feel the way I
feel. They came up with the phrase the principle of least surprise. But
actually, it's often misunderstood.

Bill Venners: How is it misunderstood?

Yukihiro Matsumoto: Everyone has an individual background. Someone may come
from Python, someone else may come from Perl, and they may be surprised by
different aspects of the language. Then they come up to me and say, "I was
surprised by this feature of the language, so therefore Ruby violates the
principle of least surprise." Wait. Wait. The principle of least surprise is
not for you only. The principle of least surprise means principle of
least my surprise. And it means the principle of least surprise after you
learn Ruby very well. For example, I was a C++ programmer before I started
designing Ruby. I programmed in C++ exclusively for two or three years. And
after two years of C++ programming, it still surprised me.

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