From: Julian Snitow <vangczung@...>
Date: 2003-03-24T11:54:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby lecture slides (was Strong advantages over Python)

Jim Weirich wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 17:55, Jim Weirich wrote:
> 
>>This problem is was easy to convert because the basic loop is easy to
>>unroll.  If the algorithm were more deeply nested, or used yield in
>>multiple locations, the conversion would be more obscure.  For example,
>>a generator that returned the leaves of a tree data structure would be
>>fairly easy using generators, but more difficult without.
> 
> 
> Now I'm responding to my own messages, which is dangerously close to
> talking to myself.  But another, more common, problem where generators
> have the advantage is trying to iterate over two lists in parallel.
> 

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