From: Art Taylor <reeses@...>
Date: 2003-01-17T07:59:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby advocacy in sigs

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Actually, I was thinking more in terms of declension.

(Hint: what is printed when x is 1?)

-a.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gennady <gfb@tonesoft.com>
> Sent: Wed Jan 15 18:57:34 EST 2003
> To: [ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>]
> Cc: []
> 
> 
> Oh, I seem to see what you meant: a leading space before EOH in Daniel's
> code without '-' before 'EOH' in "<<EOH", right? However this extra space
> might have sneaked in while mail processing/replying/forwarding.
> 
> Gennady.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Art Taylor" <reeses@astrogoth.com>
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Ruby advocacy in sigs
> 
> 
> > I don't know if sending buggy code is the best way to
> > proselytise the language, readable or not. :-)
> >
> > -a.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
> > > Sent: Wed Jan 15 17:39:42 EST 2003
> > > To: [ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>]
> > > Cc: []
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Gennady wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > my favourite:
> > > > > 99.downto 1 do |x|
> > > > > puts  "#{x} bottles of beer on the wall",
> > > > > "   #{x} bottles of beer!",
> > > > > "Take one down, pass it around," end
> > > > >
> > > > > puts  "No more bottles of beer on the wall!"
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > A small refactoring ;-) --
> > > >
> > > > 99.downto 1 do |x|
> > > >   puts "#{x} #{@b||='bottles of beer'} #{@w||='on the wall'}",
> > > >   "   #{x} #{@b}!",
> > > >   "Take one down, pass it around," end
> > > > puts  "No more #{@b} #{@w}!"
> > > >
> > >
> > > Well, the idea is that any reader can understand the code, thus
> > > demonstrating the readability of Ruby.  I can't figure out what your
> code
> > > does, so I doubt a non-rubyist would.
> > >
> > > How about?:
> > >
> > > 99.downto 1 do |x|
> > >    puts <<EOH
> > >        #{x} bottles of beer on the wall.
> > > #{x} bottles of beer.
> > > Take one down, pass it around.
> > >    EOH
> > > end
> > >
> > > Daniel Carrera
> > > Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
> > > University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
> 

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