From: David Richards <lists@...>
Date: 2013-01-22T05:31:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Enumerator usage

> 'scary' and 'repugnant' are two concepts that express fear. Fear is
> the first enemy that has to be won on the path of growth...

Let me respond to this part of your reply first, to get it out of the 
way.

In this context, 'scary' should be taken to mean "very difficult and 
time-consuming to understand due to gross conceptual inconsistencies and 
poorly conceived design."

For a definition of 'repugnant' please visit review the specifications 
for ANSI COBOL: 
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/pdthelp/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.entcobol.doc_3.4%2Frlind.htm

Fear has nothing whatsoever to do with what I'm inquiring about.

> Ruby is just different from what you are used to. But it works.

COBOL also works.

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As for the other parts of your response, thanks. I'll have a closer look 
at the language spec in the coming days. My questions are arising from 
carefully working through of Collingbourne's "The Book of Ruby", so it's 
not as if I'm floundering away in the dark, on my own, ignoring external 
resources.

For the record, on my system:

ri Integer
Nothing known about Integer

So I'll also have to figure out why that is not working.

Thanks again for your responses.

_ Dave

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