ruby-talk

[#4284] Set manipulation module — "Hal E. Fulton" <hfulton@...>

OK, guys. Release the hounds.

[#4286] ObjectSpace.add_finalizer? — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4288] ObjectSpace.add_finalizer more... — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4292] Small gotcha — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

This took some time to find out while the logic behind is quite simple.

[#4293] Ruby for Linux — "David Douthitt" <DDouthitt@...>

It appears that the next version of Linux Mandrake will have Ruby in it; they already have ruby-1.4.5 (binaries, docs, and extensions) ready to go. There is also mod_ruby (for Apache).

[#4294] Re: Content of the Perl6 talk — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4295] Re: Content of the Perl6 talk — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4296] Re: Content of the Perl6 talk — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4299] basic ops in some languages — faatdilac@...

Why the following works in Perl:

[#4300] Mozilla and Tk; Komodo and Ruby|Tcl — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4302] Ruby .NET — "Neil Hodgson" <neilh@...>

If anyone is interested in working on a version of Ruby for Microsoft's

[#4307] isnan, nan? and ruby versions — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4312] Re: Content of the Perl6 talk — claird@... (Cameron Laird)

In article <16E8935DE8C35BF0.1E652ED229DA405D.479F9E5D07D36E5F@lp.airnews.net>,

[#4314] REBOL books — faatdilac@...

While waiting anxiously for any Ruby book in english to appear, I

[#4317] Re: GUI creation tool for windows NT?? — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4318] OOPSLA — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4322] Thirty-seven Reasons [Hal Fulton] Love[s] Ruby (long) — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

[#4326] RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby! (Revised 2000-08-07) — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>

RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby! (Revised 2000-08-07)

[#4328] Re: TABWTDI and Hash.new([]) — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4334] Re: TABWTDI and Hash.new([]) — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4337] Re: TABWTDI and Hash.new([]) — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4339] Re: TABWTDI and Hash.new([]) — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4341] DRY and embedded docs. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

If I have a here document in some ruby program:

[#4342] Emacs font-lock colors — Ville Mattila <mulperi@...>

Hello,

[#4346] DATA and rewind. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

The DATA file refers to information after __END__ in a ruby program.

[#4347] Re: DATA and rewind. — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4349] Self printing programs. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

Add this to the collection of self printing programs:

[#4350] Re: Thirty-seven Reasons [Hal Fulton] Love[s] Ruby — "David Douthitt" <DDouthitt@...>

[#4365] Re: Thirty-seven Reasons [Hal Fulton]Love[s ] Ruby — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Hal:

[#4366] Looking for input on a 'links' page — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4367] Anyone up to doing a Perl6 RFC to use Ruby's extension scheme? — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4371] RE: Looking for input on a 'links' page — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Dave asks for help:

[#4372] TC Reply Manifesto: "Quoting Strategies and the Jeopardy Game" — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4393] Re: Scope surprise — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4394] Re: Scope surprise — gotoken@... (GOTO Kentaro)

Hi,

[#4395] Re: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Looking for inp ut on a 'links' page) — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, [iso-8859-1] Aleksi Niemelwrote:

[#4396] Re: New Require (was: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Looking for inp ut on a 'links' page)) — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

On 9 Aug 2000, Dave Thomas wrote:

[#4397] Re: Scope surprise — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

Hi,

[#4398] diags from eval. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

Can I get eval to be more specific when errors occur?

[#4399] Re: diags from eval. — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4403] Re: diags from eval. — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4407] Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I thought to share my problem in case you might have major improvement ideas

[#4408] Re: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Lookin g for inp ut on a 'links' page) — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> > Testing needs to be done, how this is done is another matter.

[#4409] Re: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Lookin g forinp ut on a 'links' page) — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Aleksi:

[#4411] Re: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Lookin g for inp ut on a 'links' page) — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Me:

[#4412] Re: RAA development ideas (was: RE: Looking for input on a 'links' page) — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Conrad said something like:

[#4418] Array#hash ruby rewrite — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I guess Array#hash does not work very well. Here's an example and Ruby

[#4419] Re: Array#hash ruby rewrite — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4420] Re: Array#hash ruby rewrite — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> There is a *big* difference between 1.4.5 and 1.5.x for your example.

[#4421] Re: Array#hash ruby rewrite — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4423] Getting started with RubyUnit? — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

Has anyone written any English docs on getting started with RubyUnit?

[#4424] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I seem to have said:

[#4425] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> I don't know any real solution to this right now. GC is slow,

[#4426] RE: Getting started with RubyUnit? — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I'd say the distributed package should contain all necessary instructions

[#4430] Re: Real world performance problems — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4431] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> A> I don't know any real solution to this right now. GC is

[#4432] Re: Real world performance problems — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4433] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Guy suggest to my code:

[#4434] Re: Real world performance problems — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4436] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Matz:

[#4439] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Hal:

[#4441] Re: Real world performance problems — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> I've read about hierarchical garbage collection, where objects start

[#4442] Ruby GC — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I thought we might be talking about Ruby GC more, so I started new thread.

[#4450] Few random notes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Here're few random notes I've written down for myself. Maybe some of them

[#4451] Re: Few random notes — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4452] Re: Few random notes — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4455] Re: Few random notes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Guy's Ruby:

[#4457] Re: Few random notes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> > MatchData is not data by itself, it points to $1, $2,... So

[#4458] Re: Few random notes — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4460] Re: Few random notes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> > BTW. You might want add a point to the article. I though

[#4463] Re: Few random notes — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "A" == Aleksi Niemel=E4?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

[#4464] Re: Few random notes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

I complain for nothing:

[#4465] More RubyUnit questions. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

I am beginning to get a feel for this, but I still have a few more

[#4468] ruby cgi questions — "Philip J. Mikal" <philip_mikal@...>

Hello,

[#4470] __name__ == "__main__" equivalent? — Graham Hughes <graham@...>

A common Python idiom is to have a file like so:

[#4473] Ruby 1.4.6 repacked — matz@...

Ruby 1.4.6 is out, check out:

[#4475] RubyUnit. Warnings to be expected? — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

With ruby 1.4.4 (2000-04-14) [sparc-solaris2.7]

[#4476] Getting started — sp00fD <sp00fD@...>

So, I'd have to say that (so far) Ruby looks like exactly what I need.

[#4478] Re: RubyUnit. Warnings to be expected? — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4479] this is cool! — sp00fD <sp00fD@...>

I just found this and I'm sure other languages must have this

[#4481] Invoking an extension after compilation — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4485] Re: RubyUnit. Warnings to be expected? — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4495] RubyUnit -- Thanks. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

The idea of Unit Testing is that you should write the tests first. Well,

[#4496] Rubicon — rubikitch <rubikitch@...>

Hi,

[#4501] What's the biggest Ruby development? — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4502] methods w/ ! giving nil — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

I have got used to the idea that methods that end in '!' return nil if

[#4503] RubyUnit and encapsulation. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

My_class's instance variables are not all "attr :<name>" type variables,

[#4509] Ruby Specification — Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...>

http://www.awlonline.com/product/0,2627,020171096X,00.html

[#4510] extension module for C++ library? — Jon Aseltine <aseltine@...>

I am not a C or C++ wizard, so be gentle if this question is naive: it

[#4514] Seeking news/status about Ruby/Gtk and Glade/Ruby — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4519] a question about extension modules — Jon Aseltine <aseltine@...>

I asked once, but perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Is it possible to

[#4521] [1.5] rb_obj_call_init — ts <decoux@...>

[#4526] rb2c status? — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4527] for and multiple assignment? — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

Ruby already has mutiple assignment. Would it be possible to extend

[#4528] Re: for and multiple assignment? — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4530] RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4531] Re: RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:

[#4533] Bitfield to Bignum? — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4535] Re: RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "H" == Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

[#4537] Process.wait bug + fix — Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@...>

If your system uses the rb_waitpid() codepath of rb_f_wait(),

[#4541] Likely Perl6 OO will still make Ruby look great. — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

[#4543] Class aliases — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4549] Re: RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4550] Re: RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:

[#4551] Re: RFC: Ruby extension for Random numbers — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4557] New feature: Process.waitall — Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@...>

Okay, I figured that I wanted a new routine that really had all of the

[#4560] Tk problems in win distribution of ruby 1.4.5 — rerwig@...

I can't get the Tk demo to work for the Ruby 1.4.5 windows distribution.

[#4563] Continuations revisited — "Sergey Abel" <abel_sm@...>

Hi,

[#4565] Re: What's the biggest Ruby development? — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Dave Thomas answered:

[#4567] Re: What's the biggest Ruby development? — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Dave said:

[#4569] Suggested patches to manual. — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

As you may have noticed I was exploring eval recently.

[#4570] Re: Q's on Marshal — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:

[#4574] Re: Tk problems in win distribution of ruby 1.4.5 — WmLi@...

[#4581] racc installation under 1.6 — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4582] irb and 1.6 — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4588] WEB DESIGN STUDIO SEEKING TELEWORK CONTRACTS 11241 — Alexander Missa <Kindzadza@...>

DDT Studio is highly qualified and professional web design and

[#4589] autoload and Thread — ts <decoux@...>

[#4591] Can't get Tcl/Tk working — Stephen White <steve@...>

I can't get any of the samples in the ext/tk/sample directory working. All

[#4594] Re: Can't get Tcl/Tk working — schneik@...

[#4595] Re: ANN: Clifford Algebras in Python — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

FYI -- in case someone is interested in doing a Ruby variant....

[#4596] RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby! (Revised 2000-08-27) — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>

RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby! (Revised 2000-08-27)

[#4600] Re: Can't get Tcl/Tk working — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "S" == Stephen White <steve@deaf.org> writes:

[#4601] require and $SAFE — ts <decoux@...>

[#4605] Re: Getting list of regexp matches — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "S" == Stephen White <steve@deaf.org> writes:

[#4607] Re: Getting list of regexp matches — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "S" == Stephen White <steve@deaf.org> writes:

[#4608] Class methods — Mark Slagell <ms@...>

Reading the thread about regexp matches made me wonder about this:

[#4609] Re: Class methods — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "M" == Mark Slagell <ms@iastate.edu> writes:

[#4611] mod_ruby 0.1.19 — shreeve@...2s.org (Steve Shreeve)

Shugo (and others),

[#4612] Object#inspect — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>

[#4618] Ruby GC fix — foo <matju@...>

[#4622] (?>...) construct — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4626] Re: (?>...) construct — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com> writes:

[#4633] Printing tables — DaVinci <bombadil@...>

Hi.

[#4634] RE: Printing tables — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

David:

[#4638] Re: Class methods — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

Mark:

[#4642] Re: What's the biggest Ruby development? — schneik@...

[#4647] Function argument lists in parentheses? — Toby Hutton <thutton@...>

Hello,

[#4648] Re: Not seeing today's ruby-talk ML items on comp.lang.ruby — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Conrad Schneiker wrote:

[#4650] Re: Printing tables -- Komondo — schneik@...

[#4651] Why I like Ruby #3124 — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4652] Andy and Dave's European Tour 2000 — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

[#4656] Check this out! You could win Billions of US$ dollars! From LottoBASH! 491 [1/2] — info@...

The newest and largest online global lottery is about to begin selling tickets!

[#4659] Re: Ruby tutorials for newbie — schneik@...

[#4664] Re: Ruby tutorials for newbie — schneik@...

[#4668] Windows registry — "Glen Stampoultzis" <trinexus@...>

[#4672] calling super from c — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

[#4673] Re: calling super from c — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:

[#4676] Re: calling super from c — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "R" == Robert Feldt <feldt@ce.chalmers.se> writes:

[#4678] Getting started — "Steve Merrick" <Steve.Merrick@...>

Following the "getting started" from the Ruby User Guide, I typed

[#4689] Re: Class methods — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "f" == foo <matju@cam.org> writes:

[#4693] ruby 1.6.0 preview — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

Hi,

[#4695] Getting started — "Steve Merrick" <Steve.Merrick@...>

[#4699] Double parenthesis — Klaus Spreckelsen <ks@...1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

Why is the first line ok, but the second line is not?

[#4700] Re: Getting started — schneik@...

[#4701] Re: Ruby tutorials for newbie — schneik@...

[#4705] new, initialize, etc. — hal9000@...

I'm seeking an overview of this stuff.