[#396148] Facebook Group — Moses Aronov <mosesaro@...>

There is a facebook group that was recently created so we could all communicate with other fellow developers

13 messages 2012/06/05
[#396178] Re: Facebook Group — Chad Perrin <code@...> 2012/06/06

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:55:48AM +0900, Moses Aronov wrote:

[#396186] Inexplicable Argument Error — Doug Jolley <lists@...>

I am encountering a very strange argument error. I simplified my code

12 messages 2012/06/06

[#396229] Thread#kill is not rescued by "rescue Exception" — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, let me show this easy code:

13 messages 2012/06/07

[#396333] Is "a,b=c,d" atomic? or do I need a Mutex? — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, I have two methods that could be called by different threads and

10 messages 2012/06/10

[#396357] ffi - Popping image on top of the screen — "Damián M. González" <lists@...>

Ey guys, how are you? I`m developing an application in Ruby, using

12 messages 2012/06/11

[#396373] Why should I learn ruby? — Kasper Steensig <lists@...>

I have wondered whether I should learn ruby or python hence they are

16 messages 2012/06/11

[#396503] Syntax Highlighter — Intransition <transfire@...>

Would you agree that Ruby shouldn't lack for a syntax highlighting library

18 messages 2012/06/14

[#396589] Unsubcripe — Suresh Rajkumar <sureshrajchennai@...>

Unsubcipe my mail address from the group.

13 messages 2012/06/18

[#396615] Symbols and Strings... — Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@...>

Hello, all...

29 messages 2012/06/18
[#396620] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2012/06/18

On Jun 18, 2012, at 15:09, Hal Fulton wrote:

[#396641] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/06/19

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:

[#396643] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@...> 2012/06/19

Personally, I don't have a problem with "reducing the contract"

[#396646] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/06/19

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@gmail.com> wrote:

[#396659] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@...> 2012/06/19

> > Freezing an object also reduces its contract.

[#396678] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/06/20

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@gmail.com> wrote:

[#396701] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...> 2012/06/20

[#396702] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/06/20

2012/6/20 Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@me.com>:

[#396703] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...> 2012/06/20

[#396710] Re: Symbols and Strings... — Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...> 2012/06/20

On 06/20/2012 03:58 PM, Henry Maddocks wrote:

[#396627] Does ERB have recursive template support? — Todd Wei <lists@...>

I want to use ERB template library to do some code generation. It

10 messages 2012/06/19

[#396649] Looking for a better way to add a method to a core class than monkey patching — Iain Barnett <iainspeed@...>

Hi all,

17 messages 2012/06/19
[#396670] Re: Looking for a better way to add a method to a core class than monkey patching — Avdi Grimm <groups@...> 2012/06/20

Please do not monkey patch core libraries in gems, unless the *purpose* of

[#396685] Benchmark obsession? — "Jan E." <lists@...>

Hi,

23 messages 2012/06/20
[#396709] Re: Benchmark obsession? — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2012/06/20

[#396815] Array#sample is Set#sample and not Array#sample ! — Michel Demazure <lists@...>

Arrays are ordered, sets are not. Sampling an array should give random

11 messages 2012/06/25

[#396877] CSV.open problem, help please — Kaye Ng <lists@...>

This code doesn't seem to work

21 messages 2012/06/27

[#396896] Copying text from MS Word and wrapping in HTML - help please — Adam Holloway <lists@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2012/06/27

[#396966] Interactions between 'new' and 'initialize' ? — Cees Zeelenberg <lists@...>

In JRuby, I am extending an existing Java Class with a Ruby initialising

9 messages 2012/06/28

[#396975] stack level too deep for quicksort code — bei zhao <lists@...>

Hi, below is my quicksort implementation in ruby(using the first element

12 messages 2012/06/28

[#396996] Accessor Methods with a Twist — Doug Jolley <lists@...>

I am surprised that the code shown below returns, 'Doug'. I would

15 messages 2012/06/29

[#397001] ruby performance — anaray anaray <lists@...>

Hi,

33 messages 2012/06/29
[#397007] Re: ruby performance — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/06/29

The MRI is, unfortunately, slow as balls, and there's not much you can

[#397008] Re: ruby performance — Hans Mackowiak <lists@...> 2012/06/29

Bartosz Dziewo=C5=84ski wrote in post #1066673:

[#397010] Re: ruby performance — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/06/29

2012/6/29 Hans Mackowiak <lists@ruby-forum.com>:

[#397011] Re: ruby performance — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/06/29

2012/6/29 Hans Mackowiak <lists@ruby-forum.com>:

[#397047] Re: ruby performance — "Andreas S." <lists@...> 2012/07/01

Bartosz Dziewo=C5=84ski wrote in post #1066681:

[#397048] Re: ruby performance — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/07/01

2012/7/1 Andreas S. <lists@ruby-forum.com>:

[#397068] Re: ruby performance — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/07/02

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Bartosz Dziewo=C5=84ski <matma.rex@gmail.co=

[#397086] Re: ruby performance — Dan Connelly <lists@...> 2012/07/02

Here's my contribution:

Re: Why should I learn ruby?

From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2012-06-13 03:18:32 UTC
List: ruby-talk #396420
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Kasper Steensig <lists@ruby-forum.com>wrote:

> I have wondered whether I should learn ruby or python hence they are
> both pretty common languages and both look pretty much alike except for
> some differences like blocks and how the structure of ruby is.
>
> So what arguments are there for learning ruby? :)
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
For someone with no programming experience, I would recommend learning
JavaScript. It doesn't have much to offer, except it is ubiquitous and will
allow you to quickly start playing with things that you can see tangible
results. For Ruby or Python, it will take quite a bit longer before you
have anything beyond mind castles.

Of course, if you're satisfied with mind castles, then I'd choose Ruby.
Mostly because I can't think of anything that Python has to offer except
simplicity for beginners. But Ruby is so much more expressive and powerful
because of its syntax and support for many different paradigms, each with
their own strengths(disclaimer: my python experience is quite limited).
Python might make a better language for a total beginner, though, because
it is considerably simpler than Ruby since it tries to have only one
obviously correct way to solve a problem, whereas Ruby gives you lots of
tools to choose the best solution for the problem.

Also, don't neglect that there are many viable languages to choose from,
depending on your criteria. And, of course, you're asking this on a Ruby
forum, so obviously these answers will have a certain bias that you should
consider mitigating by querying enthusiasts of alternative languages.

-Josh

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