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^ Amazon launches Ruby!
54605 [Dave Pragmat] ...
54616 [Mark.Volkman] This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand
+ 54617 [michael_s_ca] I get the same.
+ 54619 [Dave Pragmat] an Amazon page selling clothing
54620 [kentda stud.] .... implemented in Ruby?
54638 [dossy panopt] The joke, I guess, is that if you go to some arbitrary
^ (광고)Free_Domain_name registration_Site.무료도메인네임등록.Limited Chance No banner_Advertisement
54611 [linuxhong or] <html>
^ First wall...
54622 [ ted php.net] I ran the SongList example in "Programming Ruby" and got this error on the
54624 [decoux moulo] Well, this is because you have forgotten to include the definition for the
54627 [ ted php.net] S/370 assembler or COBOL, I'll be more than happy to help. ;->
^ Ruby at OSCon
54626 [pate eylerfa] And for my next trick, watch me pull a conference out of my hat ...
54628 [ ted php.net] ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz.....*! Portland??? I live there... If it's Oregon, not
54629 [pate red-bea] Yes, Portland Oregon ... have you hooked up with the Portland users group
54630 [ ted php.net] Not yet. I just read about ruby in Linux Format (a marvelous publication,
^ mathing space in regexp
54632 [briqueabraqu] If I use the option x in a regular expression, spaces are eliminated
54633 [mike stok.co] You can escape a space in the regular expression to indicate that it is
^ "stack level too deep" error when trying to multithread in win32 using dbi
54636 [carl youngbl] I'm trying to do some multithreaded ruby programming on Windows, using
+ 54660 [decoux moulo] Can you give the complete example, I can't reproduce it with DBD::Pg
| 54753 [carl youngbl] I believe the problem is related to the Win32 port of ruby not having
+ 54855 [drbrain segm] What is the code for BankDB.rb, line 10 (the [] operator)?
54886 [carl youngbl] There was. Thanks for the tip and sorry for the trouble.
^ [ANN] RTidy/CityDesk
54639 [austin halos] I have completed a complex application -- I won't be putting it on
^ bRuby?
54640 [austin halos] Can anyone explain to me what Yuya's package bRuby
54646 [mgushee have] Well, since none of our native Japanese speakers have responded yet,
55124 [hmorita ohms] In "Re: bRuby?"
^ Binary search
54642 [gokuzboy hot] into ruby code.
+ 54645 [gsinclair so] I ususally turn out to be wrong in these matters, but my answer is: "only if
| 54647 [Graeme.Matth] ok, I am actually using a binary search in a vb (yes sorry, I wish I could
+ 54654 [ursus walkin] Alan Walkington
^ [ANN] MUES 0.02
54653 [ged FaerieMU] My fellow Rubyists and I are proud to announce a new version of MUES - the
54666 [rich infoeth] This is very cool. The architecture looks well thought out. You may
^ problem copying posts to list-server?
54656 [ursus walkin] My posting a response to the 'Binary Search' thread generated
^ exerb
54658 [binaryhazard] Does exerb create linux binaries or just windows? Lin binaries would be
55140 [nobu.nokada ] Just windows.
^ [ANN] rpkg - test release
54659 [list chromat] = How to use this
54812 [ptkwt shell1] Massimiliano,
^ Something is wrong in my IOWA
54662 [Radek Hnilic] something is wrong in my isntalation of IOWA.
54665 [decoux moulo] The problem is here
54668 [Radek Hnilic] thanks much, it's working now
^ Prettyprinting Ruby code on windows?
54663 [coma_killen ] Is there some simple way to pretty-print Ruby source code
+ 54664 [austin halos] I haven't yet needed to pretty-print Ruby source, but I'd do it the
+ 54667 [alwagner tca] I use Mike Wilson's Ruby/enscript on Linux. If you have Cygwin it should work
^ Patches to IOWA 0.15.
54669 [Radek Hnilic] Just difference between plain 0.15 and my copy after few changes I
54670 [khaines enig] Thank you for these.
^ amrita/cgikit/iowa/others?
54671 [ahoward fsl.] rubyists-
54703 [bruce codedb] I have used two of the three- amrita and iowa.
54832 [list NOSPAMc] Were these dynamic or static sites? I'm looking for the best bet in
+ 54837 [ahoward fsl.] amrita simply takes an html template (view) and 'fills in the blanks' using
+ 54846 [khaines enig] Iowa is pretty strongly targetted at web applications. My personal
^ Re: Multimethods (was Re: Larry Wall's comments on Ruby)
54674 [qrczak knm.o] I've never used CLOS but I'm experimenting with a CLOS-like dispatch
+ 54691 [decoux moulo] Well, you just give an implementation and don't solve any problems
+ 54693 [qrczak knm.o] What problems do you mean?
+ 54694 [decoux moulo] [ruby-talk:51745]
+ 54695 [qrczak knm.o] Well, this is just one problem, and IMHO benefits of multimethods
54696 [decoux moulo] Why make something simple, when you can make something complex
^ OT: Amazon...
54676 [michael_s_ca] Ah hah...
^ Library consistency
54680 [briqueabraqu] Just a sugestion: I think it would be a nice idea if all library
54681 [austin halos] Each of these has a different purpose, though. Just looking at the
^ Re: Library consistency. Correction
54682 [briqueabraqu] You're right. When I said that I want all of those functions to
^ Fun with FX ruby....
54683 [en4cerjoe ya] I'm want to dynamicly add.delete rows to a table using
54840 [lyle users.s] used as message identifiers -- they aren't themselves methods that you
^ remove me from your list
54685 [reavey nep.n] love your list but it's too much for me to follow.
^ undefined method `define_http_method_interface'
54686 [ggem70 hotma] I'm trying to run the ruby version of httpmail
^ strange warning
54687 [ursus walkin] I get this warning message when I run the code below. What am I doing wrong
54688 [khindenburg ] Somethings changed since 1.6.7
^ tcl/tk combobox
54689 [someone micr] has anyone 'ruby'fied a combox yet? or a pulldown list?
54711 [mghall enter] This procedure creates an option menubutton whose name is
^ OT: rxvt
54692 [martindemell] Since I didn't know until someone told me...
54698 [walrus06437 ] FYI, for the time being I've given up using rxvt to invoke irb or the
54830 [martindemell] I'm afraid so :-/ And for some reason FXirb never worked for me, so
^ YAML/XML Comparison (was Re: Ruby.bah!)
54697 [ruby-talk wh] I think so, too.
54700 [mgushee have] Now that's what I call sanity! If only the W3C were able to grasp that
^ PageTemplate Is Not Dead Yet
54699 [brian coolna] After numerous distractions, I have the spare time and motivation to work on
^ GraphR not available from Sourceforge
54701 [pbooth nocoi] I'm wondering if anyone knows of an alternate location for GraphR?
54702 [brian coolna] Sourceforge must be having general problems. I was unable to download ZenTest
^ Ruby Hosting
54704 [loats205 aol] Eh, i don't mean to spam, but i'm really just polling demand for such a thing.
54705 [AntiATField_] One process? Who can live with that? You wouldn't be able to execute
54706 [loats205 aol] ruby occupies more than one proccess? im looking for sugestions, so feel free
+ 54707 [loats205 aol] would 5 proccesses work? Only thing we are worried about is people actually
+ 54708 [charlesb sum] well i know it's a stupid thought, but surely the login process takes upon at
+ 54731 [AntiATField_] I don't think it's well-suited as a login shell...
^ PullDownList -- failings are obvioius
54710 [ursus walkin] This start at a pulldown list accepts insertions, accepts a callback
+ 54713 [someone micr] Note that when I have resized it, it will no longer hide properly?????
+ 54715 [mgushee have] That's because @frame doesn't have a parent. So when you create a
54719 [mgushee have] and
^ One Character from Keyboard w/o hitting Enter?
54712 [msimonc hotm] Can Ruby be made to return control to the program from a
54791 [matz ruby-la] There's no portable way. What's you platform.
55121 [msimonc hotm] Cygwin 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) under Windows ME,
^ Thoughts on Ruby
54714 [enric 1smart] I'm a Ruby newbie, and I'm reading now "the ruby way" and reading this
+ 54718 [hal9000 hype] The list is quiet since many of the main posters
| 54775 [enric 1smart] In Smalltalk is the same as in Ruby, a variable is a reference, a
| 54780 [austin halos] def +=(anArgument)
| + 54786 [alwagner tca] Of course it does. But you can shoot yourself in the foot with every method
| + 54798 [enric 1smart] Yes of course, and I can do
| + 54805 [B.Candler po] But it would be better to get a warning at "compile-time" (i.e. when the
+ 54724 [alwagner tca] I also have a Smalltalk background. When I first encountered Ruby I asked
| + 54737 [ndrsbngtssn ] If Ruby went all the way on this, like Smalltalk does, then Ruby would
| | + 54759 [alwagner tca] Yes, superficially, just looking at a piece of Smalltalk code, without
| | | + 54761 [hal9000 hype] coming
| | | + 54763 [austin halos] This helps me understand Smalltalk better, but it doesn't fix the
| | | | + 54766 [alwagner tca] I don't agree, but I understand :-) I am also a believer in bio-diversity.
| | | | | + 54773 [austin halos] I would appreciate it if you don't necessarily cut the context from
| | | | | | 54781 [alwagner tca] I apologize if my notation offended. I thought that "<snip>" and "..." before
| | | | | | 54799 [austin halos] My problem with your cutting is that it placed several statements
| | | | | + 54806 [psamermit ji] Wagner's point is reasonable. Think of where the world is going. We are
| | | | + 54980 [staypufd aus] On 11/03/2002 1:43 PM, in article
| | | + 54788 [enric 1smart] One of the really NICE things in Ruby is the implicit "object" when
| | + 54787 [enric 1smart] For me Ruby is almost Smalltalk, yes it uses a sintaxis that more
| + 54739 [gsinclair so] It's probably not intuitive to *anybody* (except perhaps Matz). However, I see
| | + 54760 [alwagner tca] So that no one misunderstand my comments about Smalltalk. I don't mean to
| | + 54778 [enric 1smart] OK, Gavin, you are right, it's an exception, you must deal with it, the
| | + 54790 [matz ruby-la] (regarding the fact "abc"[0] being fixnum)
| + 54777 [enric 1smart] Yes, this is one think I don't understand of the design on Ruby, it
| + 54789 [matz ruby-la] They simply cannot implemented as methods.
| + 54807 [alwagner tca] True.
| + 54816 [enric 1smart] Yes you're right, ":=" and "." are language structures in Smalltalk as
| 54817 [bulatz integ] you can easily create additional control structures such as "loop" or
| 54819 [enric 1smart] Yes, I know, this is the reason I was asking, that if in Ruby you can
| + 54820 [bulatz integ] sugar. it's a question of taste, i think. me personally never
| + 54827 [gsinclair so] love your list but it's too much for me to follow.
| 54828 [gsinclair so] David
+ 54725 [austin halos] I don't actually see this (that everything is "almost" an object).
| + 54762 [alwagner tca] I read this differently. Certain peculiarities in the english syntax led me
| | + 54765 [austin halos] I tried to read beyond the ESL. I still don't see that "almost
| | | 54785 [enric 1smart] Nope, Closures are not objects. And you need to Objectify closures when
| | | 54815 [bulatz integ] how this can be done in current ruby object model?
| | | 54818 [enric 1smart] Yes it's my fault, there are not "=" (assign) primitive in Smalltalk,
| | + 56352 [tgagne wide-] What about equality (Smalltalk's ==)?
| | 56363 [matz ruby-la] equal?
| | 56374 [tgagne wide-] = equality (they are equal objects)
| | + 56375 [austin halos] Object#equal?
| | + 56411 [gsinclair so] I've got along fine without it, but you can use
| | 56413 [gsinclair so] <blush>
| + 54784 [enric 1smart] Ok, you are right, it's Mr. Matz decission, but, why then can I redefine
| + 54802 [austin halos] class Foo
| | 54821 [enric 1smart] Ok, it was his decission, but Ruby will not lost a single bit of
| | 54826 [gsinclair so] You need to actually do some work in Ruby before you're qualified to make
| | 54903 [B.Candler po] (an all-encompassing statement if ever I saw one :-)
| | + 54913 [gsinclair so] By C's definition. The original and the best. C++ is of course a
| | | 54960 [B.Candler po] Ah, well if you'd said "in C" rather than "in any language" then I wouldn't
| | + 54920 [austin halos] Actually, it's arguable C++ *the language* (like C) defines a=a+b
| | 54963 [B.Candler po] I disagree. For integers/pointers yes, but for objects the language defines
| + 54804 [B.Candler po] I don't think you have redefined 'and', you have just added a method called
+ 54779 [vinfoley iqu] When I started learning Ruby, some things didn't feel natural (strings
| 54794 [enric 1smart] This is one of the reasons for this thread.
+ 54833 [list NOSPAMc] Are you trying to improve your understanding to fit Ruby or are you
54838 [ahoward fsl.] [timidly snipping - hopefully it's o.k. ...]
+ 54967 [emschwar fc.] That never works, because the newbies think to themselves, "My
| + 54977 [alwagner tca] Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million
| + 54979 [carl youngbl] The other problem is, none of the guys who know how to answer beginners
| 54995 [simon simon-] Two good arguments against, but do they stand up in practice? The idea
| 55007 [ahoward fsl.] yes, my thoughts exactly. it also works very well for the postgres groups,
| 55040 [list NOSPAMc] I suppose you're referring to the proposal I made. In that case
| 55073 [list NOSPAMc] [here]
+ 54982 [staypufd aus] I use both Ruby and I have used Smalltalk since 1987. So I thought I'd
+ 54997 [list NOSPAMc] Welcome!
^ [Fwd: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender]
54716 [charlesb sum] i got this from an smtp server i have never heard of, I am assuming that
54717 [charlesb sum] btw i meant to add, i received the return notice twice even tho i only
^ Snowhite is a virus: Do not open it
54720 [bob verysecu] The email sent to the ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org list with the subject
^ Snowhite is a virus: Do not open it
54721 [bob verysecu] The email sent to the ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org list with the subject
54733 [charlesb sum] well it's a good job i never opened it then ain't it :P
54747 [canyonrat ma] Didn't Suse recently announce support for Word macro viruses? This is
54751 [charlesb sum] dunno? have you got a URL that i can d/l support? i've missed that soooo
^ Snowhite is a virus: Do not open it
54722 [bob verysecu] The email sent to the ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org list with the subject
54723 [brian coolna] Should I be amused by the fact that we got three identical emails from a
^ TkOptionMenuButton
54726 [ursus walkin] 'tk.rb. contains a class named TkOptionMenuButton. Does anyone know of an
+ 54727 [mgushee have] require 'tk'
| 54758 [ursus walkin] Sigh ... yes, Matt, of course I did.
+ 54764 [alwagner tca] I assume you are asking what-is-it-good-for, rather than how-do-I-use-it.
54771 [mgushee have] Well, that's an easy mistake to make. I've been caught by it more than
54774 [alwagner tca] Oh, God. I am SO sorry. Really, I do apologize. Does Lao Tse also have
54809 [mgushee have] No need to apologize. I didn't create the package, just inherited it.
54993 [nagai ai.kyu] I'm responsible for the ugly code.
55014 [alwagner tca] How are you doing? Is you eye better?
55110 [nagai ai.kyu] Thank you, Albert.
^ substitution problem
54728 [lists debona] I'd like to capitalize every word in a string.
+ 54729 [lists debona] btw, I have this solution, but I'd like to know the thory why my other
| 54735 [decoux moulo] When you write
+ 54730 [hal9000 hype] str.split.map {|x| x.capitalize}.join(" ")
+ 54732 [barry.shultz] how 'bout the block form?
| + 54738 [gsinclair so] Or
| + 54755 [lists debona] Thanks guys,
+ 54834 [list NOSPAMc] str = "the quick brown fox, jumped over the lazy dog"
^ Re: Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!
54734 [binaryhazard] educated and
^ Fw: [DotGNU]Treecc Ruby support
54736 [ianm ActiveS] looks interesting
54811 [ptkwt shell1] Can anyone provide any commentary on the fowareded message below?
^ Lol, no no no
54740 [loats205 aol] Hehe , the shell its self doesnt count, these are back ground proccesses im
54741 [loats205 aol] here, maybe if i explained my position and the guys position it will be a
54814 [binaryhazard] I'll help out with the userbase part
^ Thoughts on Ruby
54742 [enric 1smart] I'm a Ruby newbie, and I'm reading now "the ruby way" and reading this
^ Output Buffering
54743 [ekobudi sing] This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
54745 [decoux moulo] Look at StringIO
^ Debugging and Test::Unit
54744 [coma_killen ] I often find I want to step through my test code
54803 [gsinclair so] Good timing. I'm maintaing a list of debugger problems at
^ A question about eruby in Apache under Windows 2K
54746 [zx is.pku.ed] I setup ruby1.6.7, eruby0.9.8 and apache1.3 under Windows2k,
^ 2 questions
54748 [jean-francoi] -I would like to know if there is a way , with the 'net' package, to
^ Namespace hygenie
54749 [schuerig acm] Is there a way to restrict the visibility of changes to standard classes
54750 [decoux moulo] Look if import-module do what you want
54754 [schuerig acm] I'm not sure if I understand it correctly, but I don't think it can do
54822 [decoux moulo] Well, I don't know if it will be fast
54829 [schuerig acm] Here's the catch. 'Require' is transitive. When I 'require' something,
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