54190-55131

^ Generate Your Money  With Not Repaid - is Yours
54190 [freesources1] Dear Friends & Potential Entrepreneur,

^ definative ruby docs
54202 [lists debona] I've used The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide for most my work in ruby.

^ mingw compilation: Here's how
54203 [tpeters inva] I tried to build ruby-1.6.7 with Mingw-2.0.0-3 and
54217 [eban os.rim.] I guess I've fixed.  Try the latest CVS(ruby_1_6 branch) or
54228 [tpeters inva] Thanks for the hint. This does indeed fix the Mingw compilation.

^ Re: definitive ruby docs
54205 [james jamesb] The Pragmatic Programmer's book may currently be the most complete single source

^ exerb compressor?
54209 [mikkelfj-ant] I just found the following executable compression program, might be useful
54211 [nobu.nokada ] Yes, you can compress the ruby core file with UPX, but not for

^ Shell <-> Ruby question
54210 [szegedy t-on] This is not a strictly Ruby question, but perhaps
+ 54212 [nobu.nokada ] Fundamently, child processes can never modify directly parent
+ 54214 [kjana dm4lab] How about ruby script only make a path to cd and do actual cd by shell
  54222 [szegedy t-on] How about ruby script only make a path to cd and do actual cd by shell

^ Re: simple Net::HTTP multi-homed operation is eluding me
54215 [kevinpauli y] Thanks for the response.  That address argument seems to be the target
54216 [kentda stud.] Sorry, the 'localhost' bit threw me off.

^ Guadagnare navigando!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
54219 [smith_it yah] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

^ WE CAN HALVE YOUR TELEPHONE BILLS!!
54223 [discountcall] With our UK National & local Calls costing as little as 1.65p per minute!
54224 [binaryhazard] why the hell are there always ads being sent to the ML? its the first
54249 [batsman.geo ] That's because the newsgroup traffic is being copied to the mailing list.
54295 [sex 1smart.c] And, another posibility is moderate the newsgroup and the mailing list,
54296 [james jamesb] Perhaps you missed the earlier thread on splitting the group due to what some
54298 [austin halos] I'm not sure I'd consider a list with about 3k monthly messages "low
54300 [enric 1smart] OK, it's my point of view, normally I deal with mailing lists that sends

^ Inheritance Problem in Dynamic/Typeless Language
54225 [billtj y.glu] I agree with everything that you said.  I guess in a typed language such
+ 54227 [dblack candl] I think it is.  See the threads at and around
| 54284 [billtj y.glu] Thanks for the pointer.  Well, this is really really surprising,
+ 54235 [jweirich one] Probably.  As a (very) general rule of thumb, if you can avoid a
  54278 [billtj y.glu] I don't think retraining will solve the vast existence of codes that have
  + 54286 [austin halos] I think it is flawed. Personally.
  | 54294 [billtj y.glu] Very well said, Austin, very well said.
  | 54304 [g_ogata optu] But wouldn't this be a problem if the subclass's constructor had different
  | 54635 [B.Candler po] Hmm, good point. Or it might have the same arity, but completely different
  + 54290 [ahoward fsl.] bill-
  | 54293 [billtj y.glu] I agree with what you said.  I also have been thinking of using "copy
  + 54330 [jweirich one] Well, yes ... but this is doing something completely different than the

^ drb Win95 problem?
54229 [chrismo clab] RUBY caused an invalid page fault in
54230 [chrismo clab] Oh -- any scripts run fine, the error only comes after the script is done.
54232 [chrismo clab] ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i586-mswin32]

^ amrita-user mailing list
54233 [tnakajima br] I released amrita V0.9.5 and opend amrita-users mailing list.

^ =?gb2312?q?=D6=D0=B9=FA=B4=B4=D2=B5=CD=B6=D7=CA=CD=F8--=D7=EE=D0=C2=CF=EE=C4=BF=A1=A2=B9=C9=C8=A8=A1=A2=D5=B9=BB=E1=D0=C5=CF=A2=BF=EC=B5=DD?=
54234 [qqqqqq5948 c] This is a multi-part message in MIME format

^ Very Uregent
54236 [ayo4patricks] 7 Kofo Abayomi Street,
54237 [botp delmont] I think we should refrain non-members fr posting to this list.
54248 [lists debona] I agree
54250 [batsman.geo ] Please read http://www.ruby-talk.org/blade/54249 and tell me your
54262 [tom.hurst cl] I'm happy with the way it is.  The odd bit of spam is not a good reason

^ net/protocol.rb version 1.1.37  warning: already initialized constant Errno
54238 [robert_linde] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

^ Snippet request: Ruby Web Server written in under an hour
54239 [phlipcpp yah] Plenty of blogs report D. Thomas and crew immersed some of you and let you
+ 54261 [Dave Pragmat] We do this at our full-day Ruby tutorials, although we've never been
| 54266 [batsman.geo ] Is it total immersion? Going from "WTH is Ruby?" to writing a web server
| 54267 [Dave Pragmat] It's a six hour course, with lots of exercises. We normally ask people
| 54276 [phlipcpp yah] You of all people should have the snippet...
+ 54302 [joe vpop.net] regards,

^ Access to Windoze Registry?
54240 [ursus walkin] Is there a Ruby module to allow read/write access to the windows registry?

^ OT: E-mail format  (was RE: net/protocol.rb version 1.1.37  warning: already initialized constant Errno)
54247 [james jamesb] Um, not to be too picky or anything, but many (if not most) of the folks on this
54265 [x ichimunki.] HTML-only messages are definitely annoying, but the message to which this
54557 [ jupp gmx.de] This depends on the mail program that is used. The most prominent one

^ Ruby Weekly News
54253 [Dave Pragmat] Ruby Weekly News: 10/28/2002

^ Ruby, C and Windows
54254 [frido q-soft] I'm looking for someone who knows this areas quite well. If you think

^ ANN: JRuby beta 0.5.3
54257 [ndrsbngtssn ] JRuby <http://jruby.sf.net> is a pure Java implementation of the Ruby

^ Ruby/DBI and remote db (Was: Re: SQLite)
54258 [roberto REMO] Speaking of Ruby/DBI, is there any plan to support a host specification
+ 54259 [decoux moulo] Well, it exist no ?
+ 54260 [520079130762] This is supported in Ruby/DBI, too.
  54375 [roberto REMO] Thanks, last time I checked, it wasn't here (or I missed it).

^ [OT] Re: Very Uregent
54264 [batsman.geo ] Definitely. I have been receiving lots of spam since I subscribed to this
54271 [Dave Pragmat] If someone could suggest the transformation required, I'd be happy to

^ Package directory structure during development
54268 [gsinclair so] All,
+ 54301 [lyle users.s] I don't have any general tips around directory structure, etc. but for
| 54309 [austin halos] There is a way to do this from the program, to wit '$:'.
| 54311 [dblack candl] $LOAD_PATH
+ 54308 [charlesb sum] <CUT>
+ 54310 [vjoel PATH.B] I've grappled with that one too, but was too shy to ask it here :)
+ 54321 [gsinclair so] Thanks for all the replies.  For now, I'm going to use Austin's tip and modify

^ How to invoke === using custom classes and case statements.
54269 [khabibiuf ho] I was trying to develop a definition for the  === operator on a custom
+ 54272 [decoux moulo] With this, this is String#=== which is called i.e. ruby call
+ 54273 [tsiivola cc.] if 'hello' === a
| 54505 [khabibiuf ho] Hmmm... so it seems like I cannot use the case statement to test
| 54579 [bulatz integ] class String
+ 54277 [kentda stud.] The case operator flips the order here.
+ 54283 [billtj y.glu] It is because the order is reversed; I also got the same mistake the first

^ host to ip
54270 [ kosha Kp.ru] Is there any function which returns ip-adress from given host-name ?
54274 [decoux moulo] pigeon% ruby -rsocket -e 'p IPSocket::getaddress("www.ruby-lang.org")'
54275 [ kosha Kp.ru] Tnx))

^ exerb & fox-problem; converting gui-script to .exe on windows
54280 [armin xss.de] I left unix and tried sth. on windows as I need
+ 54282 [austin halos] exerb 2.2.0 is based on ruby 1.6.7; ruby 1.6.7 has significant
| + 54285 [armin xss.de] thx a lot for the fast reply.
| | 54287 [austin halos] I've been able to get all of the exerb samples to work for me.
| | 54297 [armin xss.de] Which ruby- (1-click installer-verson by Andy&Dave) and which exerb-version
| | 54299 [austin halos] ruby 1.6.7-5 (latest) and exerb 2.2.0; I'm also using ruby
| | 54306 [armin xss.de] Thanks for your help.
| + 54334 [kjana dm4lab] No answer?  Hmm he may not expose or simply forget making an announce,
+ 54324 [someone micr] I have latest available of ruby, tk, and exerb on windows xp.  I can get the
  54325 [fjs mindspri] Have you tried running your executable in compatibility mode on
  54677 [armin xss.de] Apologies -- I am not a windows-person.
  54679 [fjs mindspri] Compatibility mode is only available in XP I think.  It

^ unsubscribe
54281 [jthorne zixc] How do I unsubscribe from this list...The message flow is nuts...I have

^ interpreting the second profiling column of Ruby profiler
54289 [olonichev sc] I doubt in interpreting the second profiling column of Ruby profiler.
54313 [vjoel PATH.B] It's cumulative as you read down the column, adding "self seconds" each

^ mkmf strangeness - have_func issue
54291 [djberge qwes] Ruby 1.6.7 on Solaris 9
54292 [decoux moulo] You must add "netdb.h"

^ InternetSeer Alert
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^ InternetSeer Alert
54315 [ndsub mail.i] <html>

^ Fixnum assignment undefined???  Is it a bug, or blindness?
54316 [charleshixsn] def	calcRowSals(init, step)
+ 54317 [Dave Pragmat] ^--- try putting
+ 54318 [kentda stud.] No, the error is here =================================^
+ 54341 [billtj z.glu] This is related to Item 14 in the "Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should
  54345 [charleshixsn] That doesn't seem to be what's going on (though it seemed like a good
  + 54347 [billtj z.glu] I think it is still a similar thing.  When Ruby parses "100.", it expects
  + 54349 [bulatz integ] result[i]    =    r / 100.0
  + 54352 [fg siamecomm] Seems to work here (ruby 1.7.3), with "result[i] = r / 100.0" no need for the
    54353 [charleshixsn] OK.  That explains it.  I finally just got around it by multiplying

^ (堡绊)Free_Domain_name registration_Site..Limited Chance No banner_Advertisement
54323 [linuxhong or] <html>

^ Snippet: Tiny Featureless Ruby Web Server
54328 [phlipcpp yah] This would have taken me less than a wall-clock hour if I didn't have a

^ gsub and "\\"
54331 [coma_killen ] I'm a bit confused on how to use gsub when the string I want
+ 54332 [camin cip.rz] hth,
| 54333 [coma_killen ] Thanks Alia. Although I was after a general solution
| 54343 [ahoward fsl.] 'a'.gsub('a') { %q{\8?} }
+ 54340 [billtj z.glu] There are some examples on how deal with '\\' (but not '?') in Item 20 in

^ 国庆过的还好吧！
54335 [davedudd ah1] 尊敬的客户：

^ net/http segfault
54336 [x ichimunki.] Wanted to have some airplane reading for the trip to RubyConf and whipped
54338 [decoux moulo] What is the stack frame when it crash ?
54357 [x ichimunki.] How do I find this?
54458 [decoux moulo] run it under gdb, and when it crash, execute the command "bt"
54493 [x ichimunki.] #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
54509 [decoux moulo] I can't reproduce the bug with this version
54566 [x ichimunki.] No. It's custom-compiled as part of Gentoo Linux 1.4 (gcc 3.2, GNU
54593 [decoux moulo] yes,

^ [ANN] Sys/Host 0.3.0
54337 [djberge qwes] I've just released the latest version of Sys/Host, now available on the

^ method-call style (was Re: Snippet: Tiny Featureless Ruby Web Server)
54339 [dblack candl] Horse and rider are one? :-)
+ 54344 [pbrannan atd] I do the same thing.  It makes it clear that I'm calling a method and
| + 54348 [dblack candl] But since attributes are retrieved by method calls in Ruby, that
| | 54360 [pbrannan atd] In Ruby, attributes are method calls.  However, they are a special type
| | 54446 [bulatz integ] attributes is just methods, automatically defined by attr_reader/...
| + 54422 [hal9000 hype] Server)
| + 54510 [phlipcpp yah] Programming is about communicating with humans first, a computer second.
|   54514 [dblack candl] True... but the last () is too, since public_methods.sort can only be
+ 54346 [billtj z.glu] This is just my personal style.  When I write network simulations (not
  + 54350 [bulatz integ] i think real difference that you you want to highlight is between pure
  | 54517 [billtj y.glu] Yes, I agree with you; I think you have made it clearer, similar to Paul's
  | 54519 [dblack candl] Aren't there cases where that might change, if the implementation changes?
  | + 54525 [billtj y.glu] I agree with you that () has the potential of serving as an incorrect
  | | 54527 [dblack candl] I don't think one should make that assumption; it's awfully rigid.  I
  | | 54530 [billtj y.glu] Well, it looks like a contrieved example, so it is really a matter of
  | | + 54534 [dblack candl] Yeah, I was worried I couldn't get away with that dinkiness :-)  But
  | | + 54536 [nat.pryce b1] Definitely use self.stuff to avoid breaking encapsulation.
  | | | + 54607 [billtj z.glu] Actually an answer like this is what I am waiting for.  There are other
  | | | | 54610 [alwagner tca] That's exactly what it is.
  | | | + 54612 [alwagner tca] Of course they give different results: @thing is a state variable, stuff=
  | | |   54618 [nat.pryce b1] Exactly my point!  And it looks like a trivial point when illustrated
  | | |   54623 [alwagner tca] I am still unsure of what is meant here.  I can only see using self.stuff  to
  | | + 54540 [alwagner tca] I would say: "It depends..."  In a real program, a method that only returns an
  | + 54533 [pbrannan atd] It is possible for a method to change its behavior.  However, if a
  | | 54538 [alwagner tca] For those who are OOP newbies, a distinction must be drawn between what is a
  | | 54583 [bulatz integ] but don't build the home before you fixed the fundament :)
  | + 54581 [bulatz integ] it's some like redefining Fixnum.+ :)
  + 54351 [dblack candl] Doesn't that mean that you always have to know whether something was
    54521 [billtj y.glu] I think you have a very good point here.

^ good link to read as we contemplate RAA, RAA.succ, et al
54354 [pate eylerfa] enjoy,
+ 54355 [simon ermine] Testing can show the presense of bugs, but not their absence.
+ 54356 [dblack candl] Interesting.  Simon (hi Simon!) is probably right that "Definitive
  + 54366 [ptkwt shell1] Well, perhaps the original writer of XML::Parser can be convined to
  | 54396 [simon ermine] One thing that has confused me (and continues to confuse me) about Ruby
  + 54367 [djberge qwes] David,
  | + 54376 [dblack candl] OK... but these seem like solutions and workarounds to a problem which
  | | 54393 [tsiivola cc.] I would find it rather natural to reserve the "definitive" names for those
  | + 54424 [hal9000 hype] Well, sometimes it's not "bad" code, just a difference in philosophy.
  + 54385 [james jamesb] That's what popped into my mind, too.   A definitive name is great if there is
    54397 [simon ermine] But as I mentioned, if there's a definitive name, you have to think
    + 54403 [dblack candl] Then again, if you're writing an HTML parser that does what
    | + 54405 [x ichimunki.] But isn't this what version numbers are for? If the existing HTML::Parser
    | + 54410 [mike stok.co] Clearly HTML::MyBetterParser ;-)
    + 54406 [alwagner tca] I agree with David.  Module names are not the place to describe what a module
    + 54414 [ jimm io.com] Then what would you call NQXML, REXML, and expat? Each is an XML parser.
      54415 [austin halos] In this case? None of them, IMO. They would become, under Simon's
      + 54419 [james jamesb] I like that.  (It presumes, though, that the APIs are the same.)
      | 54428 [vjoel PATH.B] Aliasing classes is as easy as constant definition, so why not have
      + 54469 [tsiivola cc.] None of them, until (if ever) one of them becomes the canonical one,
      | 54484 [gsinclair so] I second the idea that none be named that, and that they are all named
      + 54471 [tsiivola cc.] If them naming scheme is reversed,
        54508 [austin halos] You're right, but that reintroduces the normal namespace problem.
        54570 [drosih rpi.e] But this is a name-space problem which could be solved by how the

^ CGIKit
54358 [ahoward fsl.] rubyists-
54394 [tnakajima br] I opened a mailing list to support CGIKit in English.

^ Blogging RubyConf
54359 [ruby-talk wh] I'm wondering if anyone will be blogging the RubyConf?  It's a rare opportunity to
+ 54368 [ptkwt shell1] Interesting idea.
| 54395 [jim freeze.o] The rooms at Summerfield have high speed internet access for 10$/24hr.
+ 54388 [gsinclair so] opportunity to
| 54389 [pate red-bea] If ppl will give me permalinks, I'll put them in RWN this week (it's my
+ 54423 [hal9000 hype] opportunity to

^ Re: Zaurus PDA & FTP
54361 [w3gat bellso] I needed to use FTP using the Zaurus PDA.  I can hardly believe how easy it

^ Extending a mixed in module
54362 [schuerig acm] I have extended FileTest with these methods
54402 [flori nixe.p] File.included_modules

^ Strscan, mkmf and MacOS X
54363 [raymond paid] I have been debugging a problem trying to install strscan on MacOS
+ 54407 [canyonrat ma] I took the cowards way out: "fink install ruby." If you haven't used
| 54417 [raymond raym] Thanks, I'll use fink. I tried installing the ruby 1.6.7 package but
+ 55131 [nobu.nokada ] It means you have not installed ruby development package (I

^ problem with recursive structure
54364 [probertm nor] Dear Rubists,
+ 54370 [ruby-talk wh] When you use string interpolation, to_s is called implicitly.  So in the
| 54377 [probertm nor] Thanks.  That is the "new thing today. ;-)
+ 54372 [ahoward fsl.] def pp_branch(b)
| 54378 [probertm nor] Thank you.  That got it.
+ 54373 [ptkwt shell1] I don't really have an answer for you, but I get something slightly
  54379 [probertm nor] The problem is me printing the branch array as well as the leaf.