From: ahoward Date: 2003-03-22T06:25:45+09:00 Subject: Re: [EG] Time::INFINITY On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Mauricio [iso-8859-1] Fern�ndez wrote: > We can moreover define a namespace, probably following the RAA: > > Subject: [EG:/Application/Development] bla > > ----[CUT: foo.rb]---- > > puts "FOO" > > ----[END: foo.rb]---- > > And we have single-handily created the new RAA for code snippets :-) THIS is along the lines of what i was thinking. i think this approach could yield a large body of really cool ruby code in short order. if whatever interface was created alowed the snippets to be cross references and rated it could be a *very* usefull database. let's here it for http://snippet.ruby-lang.org in fact, [SNIPPET] is as good a subject as any IMHO - though i still like the un-english-centric [EG] -a ps. that reminds me, it think RAA projects should be rated too - a simply [x] this package rocks [ ] this package is weak check box type voting would be pretty neat to see. the voting could be summarized as RAA PACKAGE FOO 42 favourable 6 unfavourable -- ==================================== | Ara Howard | NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory | Information and Technology Services | Data Systems Group | R/FST 325 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | Email: ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov | Phone: 303-497-7238 | Fax: 303-497-7259 ====================================