On Nov 14, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Ryan Davis wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 11:20 , Matthew Moss wrote: > >>>> Note to everyone else: using another lib, such as stick, is >>>> considered cheating for this quiz. :D > > so... `units` isn't a library... is this cheating? > > >> def units(n, i, o) `units "#{n} #{i}" #{o}`[/[\d\.]+/].to_f; end > => nil > >> units 50, :mi, :km > => 80.4672 > > :D > > I assume it is... but I also assume it isn't a real contender for > the intent of the quiz in the first place (which is a shame, because > this is much better reuse). Well, there are a number of past quizzes that would be rather boring if reuse were always the primary goal. :D Don't be boring. ;)