200-403

^ execute if called rather than required
0200 [julian imaji] Greetings!
+ 0201 [matz netlab.] I often use
+ 0202 [shugo aianet] if __FILE__ == $0

^ ruby 1.2.2 released
0203 [matz netlab.] Ruby's latest stable release 1.2.2 is released.

^ Rescuing from a ^C?
0206 [julian imaji] How would I in ruby rescue from a ^C? rescue with no arguments, Interrupt,
0207 [hiwada kuee.] You can trap SIGINT like this,
0209 [matz netlab.] Or, you can handle it by

^ Get character with no wait
0210 [gabriel devo] What is the best way to do a getc without waiting; so I can try to grab
0211 [matz netlab.] I think the easiest way is to use stty, if you are on UNIX.
+ 0212 [gabriel devo] That suppressed echo of input, but didn't solve the problem.
| 0213 [matz netlab.] Well, sorry.  I got the wrong point.
+ 0215 [Klaus.Schill] How hard would it be to write a termios wrapper for ruby, similar to the one
  0216 [matz netlab.] I guess it is not too hard if you know how to write extension for

^ TCPsocket.recvfrom in use
0214 [julian imaji] Could I have an example of TCPsocket.recvfrom in use? It doesn't appear to
0217 [matz netlab.] s = TCPsocket.open(host, port)

^ name for float of C wanted!
0218 [gotoken math] I'm preparing a numecal class of single precision floating number,
+ 0219 [shigetoh zip] G'day, gotoken,
| 0221 [gotoken math] Admittedly, SmallFloat or SingleFloat are straightforward,
| 0222 [gotoken math] I'm deciding on this changing.
+ 0220 [gabriel devo] I would love to have a RoughFloat or CoarseFloat, personally, but if

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990209
0223 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990209
0224 [matz ev.netl] Ruby 1.3.1-990209 had serious flaw in installer.  I re-packedaged it.

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990210
0225 [matz ev.netl] It's about time for daily Ruby delivery. ;-)
0226 [ttate jaist.] rubyというファイルがないと言われて失敗します。
0227 [gotoken math] ```
0228 [ttate jaist.] Thanks.

^ [patch] marshal.c
0229 [shugo netlab] Shugo
0230 [matz netlab.] Your contribution is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

^ occur.rb in ruby's sample directory
0231 [Mathowiz aol] I tried the following, but I can't believe that the sample script
0232 [gotoken math] You maybe use ruby-1.2.x.  In ruby-1.2.x, Hash elements
0234 [neumann s-di] The error is is in "freq[word] +=1". You try to increment a value, which

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990215
0233 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ ruby 1.2.3 is released
0235 [matz netlab.] Latest stable version ruby 1.2.3 is released.

^ ruby list problems?
0236 [thecrow cybe] Has anyone else "disappeared" from the mailing list?
0237 [matz netlab.] I - the manager of this list - have been receiving the error responce

^ Win32 gui classes ... help?
0238 [thecrow cybe] I have thrown together some code to use ruby for writing
0239 [matz netlab.] Could you tell us where to get your code?

^ Win32 GUI location
0240 [thecrow cybe] under the Software link.

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990224
0241 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990225
0242 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ win32 lib
0243 [thecrow cybe] I was wondering if anyone may have downloaded
+ 0244 [matz netlab.] Sorry, I'm not a win user.
+ 0246 [kimura sqa.c] I must apologize to you for being late in answering.

^ winlib32
0245 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

^ Ruby Application Arvhive
0247 [manpreet.sin] Does anybody know if there is a plan to create a CPAN (perl) like
0248 [matz netlab.] Hmm, I have a vague hope (not plan) to have something like that
0249 [manpreet.sin] I think Ruby is a great language. If a push is given to translating
0254 [matz netlab.] Thank you.  You encouraged me enough to translate raa.html into

^ embedding ruby, is there any example?
0250 [Mathowiz aol] I can't find any example of how to embed ruby in c application. I really
0251 [matz netlab.] Hmm, eval'ing Ruby's expression is very easy by
0252 [Mathowiz aol] Thank you matz!

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990311
0253 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ Syntax Error help please
0256 [thecrow cybe] So far I haven't found an error in my code but I keep
+ 0258 [matz netlab.] Hmm, I have never heard the trouble like this before.
| 0263 [thecrow cybe] Matz,
+ 0259 [matz netlab.] Wait a minute.  This message appears that error caused within eval().

^ Ruby source file too large?
0257 [matz netlab.] This is mail from Bryce, which happend to fall my error spool.

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990324
0260 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ Ruby 1.3.1-990324
0261 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ if_ruby for vim-5.3
0262 [shugo netlab] if_ruby provides three vim commands.

^ Ruby 1.3.2-990402
0264 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ freezing ruby scripts (Re:  Re: Syntax Error help please)
0265 [matz netlab.] As far as I can guess from reviewing Python's freeze, you need first

^ Ruby 1.3.2-990405
0266 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ Ruby 1.3.2-990408
0267 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ win32 request
0268 [thecrow cybe] Matz, would it be possible for you to not only have the
0269 [gotoken math] it can be easily obtained by gcc with `-mwindows' option at `make'.

^ a bit off topic
0270 [thecrow cybe] I was wondering why Ruby doesn't have a newsgroup?
0271 [matz netlab.] Because we don't know how to make a newsgroup either. :-)

^ ruby 1.2.5 is released
0272 [matz netlab.] I have released Ruby's latest stable version 1.2.5 today.

^ Ruby 1.3.2-990413
0273 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ IPv6-ready ruby 
0274 [itojun itoju] We KAME team (www.kame.net) are working on IPv6-ready ruby.
0275 [gotoken math] It sounds great!
0276 [itojun itoju] Snapshot dated 19990413 may not work on IPv4-only environment.
0277 [gotoken math] Thank you for comments. I applied `ruby-124-v6-19990413a.diff.gz' and
0278 [itojun itoju] Now I fixed the bug.  missing/get{addr,name}info.c implements
0279 [gotoken math] Yes! The snapshot 19990414a works well on my IPv4-only environment.
0280 [itojun itoju] Enjoy :-)

^ 'case' question
0281 [thecrow cybe] if e.type == BNClicked then
0282 [matz netlab.] It's because case comparison is done by operator ===, which works as

^ Object delete itself?
0283 [thecrow cybe] Can an object delete itself?
0284 [matz netlab.] Unlike C++, Objects cannot and need not be destroyed by the

^ Ruby/Win32 question
0285 [thecrow cybe] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0286 [matz netlab.] Hmm, for example, IO objects are NOT destroyed on close(), even though
0289 [thecrow cybe] Matz, it sounds like this has potential to be a serious memory leak.
0290 [matz netlab.] It should not cause memory leak.  Upon receiving WM_DESTROY event, you

^ Extensions to Ruby
0287 [neumann s-di] How can I write extensions to ruby?
0288 [thecrow cybe] Michael,

^ AW:  Re: Extensions to Ruby
0291 [neumann s-di] Thank you....
+ 0292 [thecrow cybe] procedures.
| 0293 [matz netlab.] Since I have no knowledge about MS DLL, I'm not sure it should be
+ 0294 [kimura sqa.c] By my laziness, the file ``ruby.def'' is not updated partly (by manual).

^ AW:  Re: AW:  Re: Extensions to Ruby
0295 [neumann s-di] Ok, it works now!
0296 [thecrow cybe] Michael,

^ Ruby 1.3.3-990430
0297 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ AW:  Re: AW:  Re: AW:  Re: Extensions to Ruby
0298 [neumann s-di] Yes, I would like to contribute something to the project.
0299 [thecrow cybe] I apologize for the delay in my reply.

^ Ruby 1.3.3-990507
0300 [matz ev.netl] md5sum is

^ win32ole extension
0301 [thecrow cybe] I'm trying to build the win32ole ext.
0302 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0307 [masaki.suket] I must apologize to you for being late in answering.
0308 [neumann s-di] I got a message like this, as I tried to use a dll under Python.
0313 [neumann s-di] You use a Ruby-function which is not compiled into rubygw32.dll

^ ruby-python-0.3
0303 [fukusima got] I released a new version of Ruby/Python.
0304 [matz netlab.] Thank you.  RAA <http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/raa.html> is updated now.
0305 [fukusima got] This page is linked to my Japanese page.
0306 [matz netlab.] Fixed.  Thank you.

^ Ruby 1.3.3-990513
0309 [matz netlab.] md5sum is

^ help: iterator..
0310 [yeboah tu-ha] I have a problem .
0311 [matz netlab.] Hmm, there are two ways to accomplish this.
0312 [yeboah tu-ha] I have got !Thanks  a lot

^ Arity features for Proc object?
0314 [matz netlab.] A mail from <yeboah@tu-harburg.de> is somehow rejected by the list
0315 [matz netlab.] Hmm, what is ARITY?  Does somebody know that word in Japanese??
+ 0316 [gotoken math] Arity is (called `ariti-' in Japan :-) number of arguments.
| 0318 [matz netlab.] I see.  Thank you.  I expected you to answer this question, Gotoken.
| 0319 [gotoken math] Aha, I felt that I was called :-)
| 0320 [matz netlab.] Thank you for your kindness and help all the time, especially
| + 0321 [gotoken math] I've done already?? How quick your hack is!!
| | 0322 [matz netlab.] Yes. It works.
| + 0336 [gotoken math] % ruby -e 'p lambda{}.arity'
|   0337 [matz netlab.] The negative number is
|   0338 [gotoken math] I agree this very reasonable spec.
+ 0317 [yeboah tu-ha] Yes you are right. It is the number of args expected by the function (in

^ binding
0323 [yeboah tu-ha] Can someone please explain to me  the meaning  and usage of
+ 0324 [matz netlab.] binging contains the local variable closure.  You can supply it as
| + 0325 [yeboah tu-ha] I was away  for a while and just came in. Thanks  matz. You are a great
| + 0327 [Klaus.Schill] Scheme's call-with-current-continuation lets interrupt a computation
+ 0328 [gotoken math] I picked up two uses of callcc from Japanese speaking list.

^ Ruby 1.3.3-990518
0326 [matz netlab.] md5sum is

^ Ruby-Homepage
0329 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0330 [matz netlab.] Well, indeed.  Embarrassing.  I fixed them.

^ module-class calling
0331 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
+ 0332 [shugo netlab] `include A' must be out of method, and `A.hello' must be rewritten
+ 0333 [gotoken math] Another solution is to let `hello' be a module function by
  0334 [neumann s-di] Thanks..
  0335 [gotoken math] Well, the module-function are called only as either a singleton

^ Help :syscall
0339 [yeboah tu-ha] My syscall can only dump cores or produce 0 results.
0340 [matz netlab.] This is a bug.  I was assuming system calls always return zeros on

^ Struct.new
0341 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0343 [matz netlab.] Hmm, it's really easy to relax the member check (with included
+ 0344 [gotoken math] Greetings!
+ 0348 [ cle gmx.net] sorry, no other than Pros :-)

^ WINGKR Site Has Moved
0342 [thecrow cybe] Thanks.

^ FromJapan: #0
0345 [gotoken math] Well, I'll write summaries of Japanese speaking mailing lists from
+ 0346 [matz netlab.] Great. I say it again: GREAT!
| 0347 [gotoken math] *blush* well,,, I was hoping so. But, Pros's request is very because
+ 0349 [ cle gmx.net] that's really GREAT!!! :-)))

^ Bugs in the Tk interface
0350 [behrends cse] There are a couple of minor bugs in the Tk interface. The enclosed
0355 [matz netlab.] Thank you for the patch.  It seems Ok.  I'll apply it.

^ local variables
0351 [yeboah tu-ha] ruby -e'i=3;def foo;p defined?(i);end;foo'  #==>nil
+ 0352 [matz netlab.] Because a function definition introduces new scope, so you have a
+ 0353 [gotoken math] * BEGIN
  0354 [matz netlab.] I was believing so.  But recently I read the article about CLU again,

^ magic parser
0356 [gotoken math] thanks

^ thinking aloud
0357 [thecrow cybe] First off, I think Ruby is a very nice scripting language.
+ 0358 [gotoken math] Yes, I think so!
| 0359 [Klaus.Schill] Better than in tcl or perl (unless one munches his way through xs or
| + 0360 [neumann s-di] Type-safety could be perhaps implemented through instances of a special
| + 0362 [gotoken math] I have no idea.  Maeda-san, would you tell us??
+ 0361 [matz netlab.] Thank you.
  0364 [MAP2303 mapl] This browser can do only Ruby/Gtk. I want to rewrite it full ruby class

^ type-checking
0363 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0366 [gotoken math] Do you mean the `must' method in racc-0.8.11/must.rb?
0367 [neumann s-di] (Parser Generator RACC), which implement "type-checking". For example you
0368 [gotoken math] Sorry, I had read whole of them. Now I read and think those are nice,
0369 [neumann s-di] Yes that's right, Racc don't implement static type-checking. It only
0370 [gotoken math] Exactly. It is not bad that some library of Racc will be included

^ Ruby 1.3.4-990531
0365 [matz netlab.] md5sum is
0371 [tetsu jpn.hp] str1 = "説\C-h\C-h説明\C-h\C-h明\n"
0373 [matz netlab.] ... ALL JAPANESE MESSAGE DELETED ...

^ Store and load
0372 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
+ 0374 [akendo t3.ri] "to_s" can be implemented arbitrarily.  It can return only "" if
| 0379 [neumann s-di] What I thought of was, that each object knows how to load and store
+ 0375 [gotoken math] I don't think IO#>> is useful because `io >> a >> b' is not easier to
  + 0376 [akendo t3.ri] Yes, the point is that ruby variables have no typing, so the strings
  | 0377 [matz netlab.] Possible interface of String#scanf() be
  + 0378 [neumann s-di] You're right. IO#>> is not important, but Object#load or Object#serialize.

^ Re: bury/unearth (Re: Store and load)
0380 [gotoken math] Gotcha! now I see what you say. Completely implementing of your plan

^ history of ruby
0381 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
0382 [matz netlab.] Well, Ruby was born in Feb. 23 1993.  At that day, I was talking with

^ FromJapan: #1
0383 [gotoken math] Today, I pick up 11 topics -- 1 contrib and 10 Q&As.
0384 [akendo t3.ri] should read
0385 [gotoken math] Exactly!  Many thanks.

^ UnixZone
0386 [gotoken math] I found that UnixZone reviewed ruby.  They give the rating three and
0387 [matz netlab.] Maybe, it's rated by publicity. :-)
0388 [gotoken math] Humm, you should shrewd P.R. officers :-)
+ 0389 [MengelG whit] Konichiwa, Ogenki deska?
+ 0390 [maki inac.co] Matz' mail "[ruby-talk:00382] Re: history of ruby" is very interesting
  0391 [gotoken math] Yes sir!

^ the name of Ruby?
0392 [neumann s-di] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
+ 0393 [gotoken math] I heard that the fact ruby == perl.succ was realized by matz after he
+ 0394 [matz netlab.] Well, as Gotoken said, I didn't choose the name to be the successor of

^ Ruby 1.3.4-990611
0395 [matz netlab.] md5sum is

^ FromJapan: #2
0396 [gotoken math] How are you?  In Japan, June is also known as the rainy season which

^ Ruby 1.3.4-990624
0397 [matz netlab.] md5sum is

^ Ruby 1.3.4-990625
0398 [matz netlab.] md5sum is

^ binary-integer
0399 [neumann s-di] I work with Ruby 1.26.
0400 [matz netlab.] I suggest to move to 1.3.4-990625.  It should be as stable as 1.2.6

^ Forward: NOT MEMBER article from julian@cartotech.com (ruby-talk ML)
0401 [matz netlab.] I'm going to forward this message to Japanese speaking list too, where
0402 [wakou fsinet] I am bad for english, then attach only simple sample code.
0403 [julian carto] Thanks for the example, that was just what I needed =)