From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-03-25T04:43:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [EG] Time::INFINITY

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:37:55AM +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> > The major advantage I see is that it lowers the barrier to archive the
> > snippets. In my own (limited) experience, I've posted some code to
> > ruby-talk but only 3 things were actually put in the Wiki, and I'm not
> > really sure it is the proper place to store them in (although it is more
> > justified if explanations are involved).
> 
> There can hardly be a lower barrier to archiving snippets than the
> Wiki.  Many or most snippets in the Wiki are marked
> "CategorySampleCode", so you can easily browse the list of them (as
> well as a regular Wiki search).

The barrier is lower if you can send snippets by email, IMHO.
The Wiki calls for further explanations, and really small snippets don't
seem to belong in there.
 
A tool specifically designed for small code samples would be both easier
to use and more powerful than the Wiki (always IMO). 

> I think the community is better served if the person authoring the
> snippet puts it in the Wiki first, and then just posts a URL.  Or
> perhaps posting the snippet then archiving it right away.

"Why spend 5 minutes doing it by hand if I can spend 5 days automatizing
it?" :-)

I still think it'd be cool to have some tool extracting snippets from
ruby-talk. Just imagine the huge codebase we could get simply by parsing
Guy's (Decoux) posts [1] ;-) Then somebody could categorize them later.

[1] I think everybody will agree on that ;)

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