[oclug] Ruby

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 26/06/03 Michael P. Soulier did speaketh:

>     I have yet to use it myself, but I've looked at it a bit. I find it
> amusing that they're complaining about the ugliness of Perl, because
> it's just as bad. I don't like begin/end statements much, I prefer
> braces, or nothing at all. 

    As an example of Ruby syntax that I am not a fan of, this is from
Programming Ruby, available online for free. 

class KaraokeSong     
    # ...     
    def to_s       
        "KS: #{@name}--#{@artist} (#{@duration}) [#{@lyrics}]"
    end   
end   

    I find that really ugly... 

    http://www.rubycentral.com/book/index.html

    Mike

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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08
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