From: "Zachary P. Landau" <kapheine@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T07:03:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Is Ruby is better than PHP ...

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> ZPL> PHP                    Ruby
> ZPL> ----                   ----
> ZPL> base64_decode          require 'base64'
> ZPL>                        Base64::decode64
>=20
> ZPL> base64_encode          require 'base64'
> ZPL>                        Base64::encode64
>=20
> Why not
>=20
> string.pack("m");  string.unpack("m")  ??
>=20
> If find this much easier

That's all Base64::encode/decode64 does, but when glancing over code,
Base64::encode64(str) tells me more than str.pack("m").  I was never
very good with remembering pack notation, and I'd like to think other
people are in the same boat as me. =20

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