From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-03-02T05:57:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Coding challenge: Space-separated constants

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sabby and Tabby" <sabbyxtabby@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Coding challenge: Space-separated constants



> Simplified scan, moved error check outside loop, added eval binding
> context, and wrote a haiku.

[snip code]

Worthy changes, thanks very much!

My favorite part is the haiku. ;)

 
> a = "I n c r e m e n t a l"
> 
> a = <<EOF.values binding
>   111 proc do |x| x.to_i.chr end <<-1
>    82
>   117    Refactoring code
>    98    Insert seven syllables
>   121    One line at a time
>     1
>    33 callcc {|x| x} print(a[0].chr,a[-2,2])
> EOF
> 
> a.size < a[0] and a[4].call or puts "ve #{a[2].map(&a[1])}" << a[3]


For those who are too lazy to run this themselves,
the output is:

  I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove Ruby!

Thanks much for the refactoring and entertainment. The
code snippet above makes my brain itch.

I don't recall seeing you post before... are you
a long-time lurker or have I just not been 
paying attention?


Hal