[#98950] Strange behaviour of Strings in Range — Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>

Hi,

24 messages 2004/05/01

[#98975] Why no Proc##[]=() ? Why no Proc##replace() ? — Jean-Hugues ROBERT <jean_hugues_robert@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2004/05/01
[#98983] Re: Why no Proc##[]=() ? Why no Proc##replace() ? — Dan Doel <djd15@...> 2004/05/01

I'm not sure what your proposal means.

[#98997] Re: Why no Proc##[]=() ? Why no Proc##replace() ? — Jean-Hugues ROBERT <jean_hugues_robert@...> 2004/05/02

About class Proc; def []=(*args); self[*args] end end and the value of

[#98980] Ruby Newbie (ooh, that rhymes!) - When do I use do/end, when {}? — glenn_m_smith@... (Glenn)

Hello all

23 messages 2004/05/01

[#99105] What do you use Ruby for? — glenn_m_smith@... (Glenn)

OK, the more I read about Ruby (currently on page 29 of the FAQ,

25 messages 2004/05/03

[#99119] YAML vs. Marshal — dejaspam@... (Bill Atkins)

Is there any reason to use Marshal instead of YAML? Is there anything

21 messages 2004/05/03
[#99121] Re: YAML vs. Marshal — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2004/05/03

Bill Atkins wrote:

[#99191] Re: YAML vs. Marshal — why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...> 2004/05/04

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

[#99192] Re: YAML vs. Marshal — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...> 2004/05/04

why the lucky stiff wrote:

[#99204] What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS? — "Sarah Tanembaum" <sarah.tanembaum@...>

Beside its an opensource and supported by community, what's the fundamental

96 messages 2004/05/04

[#99270] Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved? — "Park Heesob" <phasis68@...>

Hi all,

66 messages 2004/05/05
[#99333] Re: [OT]Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved? — ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) 2004/05/06

In article <83173408.0405051506.5db85fe6@posting.google.com>,

[#99358] Re: [OT]Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved? — Dick Davies <rasputnik@...> 2004/05/06

* Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> [0554 02:54]:

[#99378] Re: [OT]Is Ruby Top 1 of Programming Languages that are Loved? — "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...> 2004/05/06

On Thu, 6 May 2004, Dick Davies wrote:

[#99326] RAA error - can't dup NilClass — Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>

When I try to enter my project page

15 messages 2004/05/06
[#99327] Re: RAA error - can't dup NilClass — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...> 2004/05/06

Hi,

[#99328] Re: RAA error - can't dup NilClass — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...> 2004/05/06

Hi, again,

[#99332] miniruby.exe & statically linked ruby.exe (Windows) — ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)

I've been trying to build a statically linked ruby.exe on windows using

12 messages 2004/05/06

[#99399] DRb Connection Closed Error?!?!?!? — "Ken Hilton" <kenosis@...>

Greetings,

14 messages 2004/05/06

[#99438] What is Borges? — dejaspam@... (Bill Atkins)

Can someone please explain to me what Borges does? Its home page

41 messages 2004/05/07
[#99482] Re: What is Borges? — Dick Davies <rasputnik@...> 2004/05/07

* Bill Atkins <dejaspam@batkins.com> [0534 01:34]:

[#99530] Re: What is Borges? — Julian Fitzell <julian@...4.com> 2004/05/07

Dick Davies wrote:

[#99534] Re: What is Borges? — Carl Youngblood <carl@...> 2004/05/07

[#99527] Ruby Installer for Windows: use of Win32OLE bug causes crash — Jos Backus <jos@...>

This is with the latest Ruby Installer for Windows, 181-13-rc2.

11 messages 2004/05/07

[#99583] Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.1-13 final — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

The Ruby Installer 1.8.1-13 (final) for Windows has been released and

62 messages 2004/05/08
[#99643] Why Ruby? -- A Resource for Promoting Ruby — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2004/05/09

I'm pleased to announce the kickoff of RubyForge project called "Why Ruby?"

[#104934] Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2004/06/30

I have uploaded a release candidate for Ruby Installer that was built using

[#104952] **RC2** Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2004/07/01

The original release candidate that I posted earlier today did not include

[#105519] Re: [ANN] **RC2** Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate — Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...> 2004/07/07

Hello Curt,

[#105546] Re: [ANN] **RC2** Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate — Hidetoshi NAGAI <nagai@...> 2004/07/08

Hi,

[#105550] Re: [ANN] **RC2** Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate — nobu.nokada@... 2004/07/08

Hi,

[#99597] How to get the last 5 elements of an array? — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

Hi,

20 messages 2004/05/08

[#99680] rubygarden homepage hacks — Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>

On daily basis the homepage at rubygarden is being edited.

19 messages 2004/05/09

[#99734] in search of a compelling reason to use ruby.... — Ryan Paul <segphault@...>

i'm a python programmer, and I have recently been hearing a lot about

28 messages 2004/05/10

[#99764] safe eval? — "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>

20 messages 2004/05/10
[#99773] Re: safe eval? — Florian Gross <flgr@...> 2004/05/10

Ara.T.Howard wrote:

[#99834] Re: safe eval? — ts <decoux@...> 2004/05/11

>>>>> "F" == Florian Gross <flgr@ccan.de> writes:

[#99854] Proposal: Object#send(nil) -> self — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

A quick one. I see some sense in Object#send accepting 'nil' as the

21 messages 2004/05/11

[#99879] Strange regexp behaviour in gsub — Kristof Bastiaensen <kristof@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2004/05/11

[#99945] Recommendations (Ruby making my head swim) — Mike Rhodes <rhodes553@...>

I recently bought "Programming Ruby" and set out to learn the language

13 messages 2004/05/12

[#99966] Major Addition Bug? — "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...>

Doing this:

57 messages 2004/05/12
[#99967] Re: Major Addition Bug? — ts <decoux@...> 2004/05/12

>>>>> "S" == Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com> writes:

[#99970] Re: Major Addition Bug? — "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...> 2004/05/12

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 09:53, ts wrote:

[#100032] are there any ruby IDEs? — Ryan Paul <segphault@...>

I use vim most of the time, but i'm curious if there are any

35 messages 2004/05/12

[#100093] How to make combinations of an array to produce all possible expressions? — Erik Terpstra <erik@...>

I have an array 'conds', which contains some sub-expressions for an

11 messages 2004/05/13

[#100136] Ruby's Best -- Please Help — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

On the "Why Ruby?" project wiki (http://whyruby.rubyforge.org/), I am trying

23 messages 2004/05/13
[#100284] Please revisit Ruby's Best and vote for additions — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2004/05/14

If you were an early visitor to:

[#100137] First Presentation Posted to Why Ruby! — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

Assaph Mehr just posted the first presentation to Why Ruby

22 messages 2004/05/13
[#100172] Presenting a more unified front (Ruby webring?) — ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) 2004/05/13

In article <EAENKKNOJPMNCDMLDOMLKEHHEFAA.curt@hibbs.com>,

[#100182] C++ Exception compatibility idea — Asfand Yar Qazi <im_not_giving_it_here@..._hate_spam.com>

Hi,

26 messages 2004/05/13
[#100206] Rite implementation in C++? (Objective C?) — ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) 2004/05/13

In article <40A3E539.2010204@hypermetrics.com>,

[#100193] subclasses of string as hash keys — Matthias Georgi <matti_g@...>

15 messages 2004/05/13

[#100273] Regexp Error? — "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@...>

What's wrong here?

16 messages 2004/05/14

[#100295] Re: Regexp Error? — Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>

ts wrote:

15 messages 2004/05/14

[#100325] Re: Please revisit Ruby's Best and vote for additions — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

James Britt wrote:

12 messages 2004/05/14

[#100395] Need Help Selecting a GUI — dejaspam@... (Bill Atkins)

As anyone can tell by looking at the topics of my recent posts, I'm

18 messages 2004/05/15

[#100461] Ruby on Rails — Matt Lawrence <matt@...>

Very neat presentation, it kept me up way too late last night watching it.

24 messages 2004/05/16

[#100511] How to duck type? - the psychology of static typing in Ruby — Tim Bates <tim@...>

Hi all,

83 messages 2004/05/17
[#100525] Re: How to duck type? - the psychology of static typing in Ruby — "SER" <ser@...> 2004/05/17

Broken record time:

[#100791] Re: How to duck type? - the psychology of static typing in Ruby — Marek Janukowicz <childNOSPAM@...17.ds.pwr.wroc.pl> 2004/05/19

On Thu, 20 May 2004 03:43:22 +0900, Dave Thomas wrote:

[#100613] FoX: removing widgets — Yuri Leikind <y.leikind@...>

Hello all,

16 messages 2004/05/18
[#100670] Re: FoX: removing widgets — Lyle Johnson <lyle@...> 2004/05/18

Yuri Leikind wrote:

[#100629] Newbie installation problem: libraries? — Paul Emmons <pemmons@...>

I have recently installed ruby-1.8.1 on my Mandrake Linux system.

11 messages 2004/05/18

[#100649] Windows desktop app w/ simple db; how? — "Kirk Haines" <khaines@...>

Imagine that you had a very simple web based application. It queries some

12 messages 2004/05/18

[#100653] Zero is true ... whoda thunk? — "Richard Lionheart" <NoOne@...>

Hi,

29 messages 2004/05/18
[#100655] Re: Zero is true ... whoda thunk? — Mark Sparshatt <msparshatt@...> 2004/05/18

Richard Lionheart wrote:

[#100682] Re: Zero is true ... whoda thunk? — Chris Pine <cpine@...> 2004/05/19

On Wed, 19 May 2004 06:34:54 +0900, Mark Sparshatt wrote:

[#100691] Re: Zero is true ... whoda thunk? — David Naseby <david.naseby@...>

>-----Original Message-----

14 messages 2004/05/19

[#100721] irb or xterm crash with UTF-8 — Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>

server> irb

15 messages 2004/05/19

[#100839] Where to download FXRuby library; where to put it; RUBYLIB, RUBYPATH env. vars — "Richard Lionheart" <NoOne@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2004/05/20

[#100862] Ruby's builtin Datastructures — Brian Schroeder <spam0504@...>

Hello all,

13 messages 2004/05/20

[#101071] Concerning version numbers... — Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>

A few people in recent weeks have been bemoaning the fact that software

15 messages 2004/05/22

[#101110] Ruby for educational purposes and localization — Laurent Julliard <laurent__no__@__spam__moldus.org>

All,

10 messages 2004/05/23

[#101165] make faster Richards benchmark — dlissett0@... (Duncan Lissett)

I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to make a faster Ruby

15 messages 2004/05/24

[#101226] Concerning package names — djberg96@... (Daniel Berger)

All,

13 messages 2004/05/24

[#101292] Numeric#of — "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>

53 messages 2004/05/25

[#101329] separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — David Alan Black <dblack@...>

Hi --

65 messages 2004/05/25
[#101388] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) 2004/05/25

In article <m3brkcda7g.fsf@wobblini.net>,

[#101391] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2004/05/25

Hi --

[#101360] ruby-dev summary 23459-23562 — Minero Aoki <aamine@...>

Hi all,

30 messages 2004/05/25
[#101395] Re: ruby-dev summary 23459-23562 — Florian Gross <flgr@...> 2004/05/25

Minero Aoki wrote:

[#101369] defining condititions — Florian Weber <csshsh@...>

hi!

18 messages 2004/05/25

[#101522] WEBrick and FastCGI response — Jim Freeze <jim@...>

Reply-To:

15 messages 2004/05/27

[#101560] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "Mills Thomas (app1tam)" <app1tam@...>

Here, here, hear, hear. No NNTP here.

41 messages 2004/05/27
[#101565] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2004/05/27

Hi --

[#101569] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — Dave Thomas <dave@...> 2004/05/27

[#101571] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2004/05/27

Hi --

[#101616] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2004/05/28

Hi --

[#101686] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — Dave Thomas <dave@...> 2004/05/28

[#101890] Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2004/05/31

Sorry everyone, testing again.... small meaningless tweak to

[#101674] Andreas' practical language comparison — "Georgy" <no.mail@...>

Hi all!

13 messages 2004/05/28

[#101745] Test::Unit: assert_follows_spec() (or something like that) — David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>

For deterministic functions/methods, the same set of inputs should

20 messages 2004/05/29

[#101823] gsub!, replace with \' — Patrick Gundlach <clr1.10.randomuser@...>

Dear Ruby-hackers,

14 messages 2004/05/30

[#101830] Behavior of application changes when adding non-relevant puts — felix.nawothnig@... (Felix Nawothnig)

Hi.

12 messages 2004/05/30

[#101853] mysql-ruby — Paul Vudmaska <paul@...>

%$@#%$ i know i've abused this list with more questions than answers but

14 messages 2004/05/31

[#101855] elegant way to say "try this thing, one at a time, until condition is met" — David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>

Example: I need to unmount /usr and /usr2, but currently I can't because

23 messages 2004/05/31

[#101899] RMagick available on Windows — Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>

Thanks to Kaspar Schiess, RMagick for Windows is now available at

13 messages 2004/05/31

Re: rubygems implementation question

From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2004-05-04 12:25:28 UTC
List: ruby-talk #99164
On 4/5/2004, at 7:34 AM, Charles Comstock wrote:

> Chad Fowler wrote:
>
>>>
>> You're right, but if we replaced this with:
>> FileUtils.mkdir_p File.join(install_dir, "specifications")
>> FileUtils.mkdir_p File.join(install_dir, "cache")
>> ..it would run between 300 and 400 times slower (literally).  That's 
>> not a big deal for a single require_gem, but in a system that loads a 
>> *lot* of gems, it might be a problem.
>
> Oh because it executes another program as opposed to making a system 
> call or something like that?  Sorry wasn't trying to be picky I wasn't 
> familiar with FileUtils and was thinking about using it my own 
> projects.  I hadn't thought of that performance issue with making a 
> system call.
>

Pickiness is exactly what's needed right now.  Thanks.
>
Chad


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