From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-10T10:00:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby T-Shirt Idea

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 09:57:35AM +0900, Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> Daniel Carrera graced us by uttering:
> > I like the idea of Ruby t-shirts, but your code snipet is
> > rather long for a t-shirt.  It has to be quick and catchy.  How
> > about this:
> > 
> >    a, b = b, a
> >    Who needs temp variables?
> >    http://www.ruby-lang.org
> 
> Perl and Python both do this.  Python even uses the same syntax.
> 
> What can we use that demonstrates something that Ruby's uniquely
> useful for in 4 lines or less?

Gabriele suggested "4.times { puts 'Ruby rocks!' }".  I like it.


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