From: Simon Cozens <simon@...>
Date: 2002-10-22T18:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Sort::Versions (was Re: Perl multiple match RE in Ruby?)

michael libby <x@ichimunki.com> writes:
> On Monday 21 October 2002 22:52, WATANABE Hirofumi wrote:
> > How about String#scan ?
> 
> That did the trick! This is why I love Ruby, so easy to get stuff done. The 
> Ruby version is SO much more readable than the Perl too. 

While I agree, to be fair to Perl, String#scan *in this instance* is
equivalent to String#split, which is Perl's split.

Of course, String#scan *does* do things that Perl's split can't do, but
what you're doing isn't one of them. :)

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