From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-01-17T08:35:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby advocacy in sigs

Hi --

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:

> Hi --
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Tim Bates wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 05:32 am, Travis Whitton wrote:
> > > here are some examples of Ruby's object oriented nature
> > > 9.times {|num| puts num} # 0123456789
> >
> > That one's wrong. Anyone who knew Ruby and actually read it would spot it, but
> > I though I'd point it out incase anyone blindly copied-and-pasted.
> >
> > 9.times {|num| puts num} # 999999999
> > 0.upto(9) {|num| puts num} # 0123456789
>
> Also, puts will put each digit on a different line.  print will
> do the above.

Whoops, I spoke to soon :-)  (See other responses re: behavior
of 9.times.)


David

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