From robin.shannon at gmail.com  Thu Dec  1 05:17:26 2005
From: robin.shannon at gmail.com (Robin Shannon)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 21:17:26 +1100
Subject: Try Ruby! (in your browser)
In-Reply-To: <20051130031814.GG4256@hal.void.org>
References: <438CB00D.3080206@poignantguide.net>
	<1133307273.438ce589e9e9c@www.rydia.net>
	<20051130031814.GG4256@hal.void.org>
Message-ID: <623d73380512010217x1b75f30o@mail.gmail.com>

Very, very cool. It seems to not be working too well with konqueror
(3.5 on kubuntu with kde 3.5) unfortunatley (thankfully i can use
firefox). Anyway very poignant. Why, you really are a legend.

paz y amor,
-rjs.

On 11/30/05, Frederick Ros <sl33p3r at free.fr> wrote:
> mental at rydia.net wrote :
> | I had been wondering deeply about that tryruby SVN repo, but never
> | imagined this...
> |
> | My gosh, _why, this is utterly, deeply beautiful!  It is like a
> | whole new level!
>
> Argh .. too bad, I can't access the svn repo :) 403 Forbidden :(
>
> --
> Frederick Ros aka Sleeper -- sleeper at jabber.fr
>
> Make sure input cannot violate the limits of the program.
>             - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
>
>


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From robin.shannon at gmail.com  Sun Dec  4 21:36:10 2005
From: robin.shannon at gmail.com (Robin Shannon)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:36:10 +1100
Subject: Slightly OT: anyone know of some simple ruby programs to serve as
	examples to learners.
Message-ID: <623d73380512041836u628f7246j@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone know where i can get some well written but very simple
ruby programs, so that i can read thru the source and try and figure
out how they work?

paz y amor,
-rjs.

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From helmar.wieland at gmail.com  Thu Dec 15 13:41:18 2005
From: helmar.wieland at gmail.com (Helmar Wieland)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:41:18 +0100
Subject: error in chapter 5 - gambling with fewer fingers
In-Reply-To: <c19a5c700512140647w24cb409cr@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c19a5c700512140647w24cb409cr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c19a5c700512151041jbb1c59am@mail.gmail.com>

Hello.

Perhaps i'm completly and utterly wrong, but i think
AnimalLottoTicket's constructor can never work.

[excerpt]
   def initialize( note1, note2, note3 )
     if [note1, note2, note3].uniq!
       raise ArgumentError, "the three picks must be different notes"
     elsif picks.detect { |p| not NOTES.include? p }
       raise ArgumentError, "the three picks must be notes in the
chromatic scale."
     end
     @picks = picks
     @purchased = Time.now
   end
[/excerpt]

picks will of course be nil, will it not? perhaps something like
picks = [note1, note2, note3]
is missing?

Anyway, thanks for the guide. A good read.
Helmar++

Before i forget it, i was missing some kind of explanation of the
array method detect's functionality. Other than that, very well
explained.

I'm now reading the next chapter and your regexp explanation.
[snip]
See, deer language. The \d represents a digit. It's a place holder in
the regexp for any type of number. The regexp will now match T-1000,
T-2000, all the way up to T-9000.
[/snip]
Shouldn't it say, the regexp will now match T-0000, T-1000, all the
way up to T-9000?


From ryan.platte at pobox.com  Thu Dec 15 13:47:40 2005
From: ryan.platte at pobox.com (Ryan Platte)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:47:40 -0600
Subject: error in chapter 5 - gambling with fewer fingers
In-Reply-To: <c19a5c700512151041jbb1c59am@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c19a5c700512140647w24cb409cr@mail.gmail.com>
	<c19a5c700512151041jbb1c59am@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2f1a1dcb0512151047x3e0aed3ana912fc4dd973f217@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not on any other lists where so many incoming messages look so
much like spam -- the subject lines always come out *so* kooky! I
always spend that puzzled moment trying to figure out which universe
this message must have come from...

If it weren't for the Ruby code that inevitably appears, I wouldn't
get much help from the message body either!

(This observation is no commentary on Helmar or any poster -- it's the
nature of this crazy beast.)

On 12/15/05, Helmar Wieland <helmar.wieland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Perhaps i'm completly and utterly wrong, but i think
> AnimalLottoTicket's constructor can never work.
>
> [excerpt]
>    def initialize( note1, note2, note3 )
>      if [note1, note2, note3].uniq!
>        raise ArgumentError, "the three picks must be different notes"
>      elsif picks.detect { |p| not NOTES.include? p }
>        raise ArgumentError, "the three picks must be notes in the
> chromatic scale."
>      end
>      @picks = picks
>      @purchased = Time.now
>    end
> [/excerpt]
>
> picks will of course be nil, will it not? perhaps something like
> picks = [note1, note2, note3]
> is missing?
>
> Anyway, thanks for the guide. A good read.
> Helmar++
>
> Before i forget it, i was missing some kind of explanation of the
> array method detect's functionality. Other than that, very well
> explained.
>
> I'm now reading the next chapter and your regexp explanation.
> [snip]
> See, deer language. The \d represents a digit. It's a place holder in
> the regexp for any type of number. The regexp will now match T-1000,
> T-2000, all the way up to T-9000.
> [/snip]
> Shouldn't it say, the regexp will now match T-0000, T-1000, all the
> way up to T-9000?
>
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From daniel.amelang at gmail.com  Mon Dec  5 13:17:28 2005
From: daniel.amelang at gmail.com (Daniel Amelang)
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:17:28 -0000
Subject: Slightly OT: anyone know of some simple ruby programs to serve as
	examples to learners.
In-Reply-To: <623d73380512041836u628f7246j@mail.gmail.com>
References: <623d73380512041836u628f7246j@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a65ae5c90512051027k449f45x2d20861f604d1641@mail.gmail.com>

I think the weekly ruby programming quiz would be pretty close to what
you're looking for. Here they are online, check out the archives on
the left column of the page for various elegant solutions:

http://www.rubyquiz.com/

Let us know if you're looking for something even more simple.

Dan

On 12/4/05, Robin Shannon <robin.shannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know where i can get some well written but very simple
> ruby programs, so that i can read thru the source and try and figure
> out how they work?
>
> paz y amor,
> -rjs.
>
> --
> DO NOT SEND ME WORD ATTACHMENTS - I *WILL* BITE!
> <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sylvester-response.html>
>
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> Jab me: <robin.shannon at jabber.org.au>
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