the question was on CF-Talk
On 10/3/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you had to make me break out my ruby-fu didn't ya! :)
>
> Ruby let's you solve problems easier than any other language I've used
> in the past. To me that's what it's got over CF.
>
> For instance, there was a question about how to find the largest
> number smaller or equal to the one supplied by the user. The solution
> in ruby is simple.
>
> # our test input
> input = 25
>
> # change the list to an array
> nums = "32,48,64,72,144,160,200,288,320,400,512,576,640,720,800".split(",")
>
> # find all the numbers which would be smaller
> target = nums.find_all {|num| input >= num.to_i }
>
> # take the last element of the found elements, or if nil return the
> first element of the
> # original array
> puts target.last || nums.first
>
> 4 whole lines of code. 2 if you only consider non-setup lines. And
> the other great thing about it. I was able to create this from the
> command line. No firing up a browser. No refreshing to test. Just a
> simple run.
>
> There really are a lot of things that ruby can do that CF can't. A
> lot of it stems from the fact that CF is really only a web application
> language whereas ruby is general purpose. Even if you don't want to
> change your platform from CF, learning ruby to do your "glue" code
> would really be advantageous. I've made a bunch of services on my
> machine using ruby. I use it to export crystal reports nowadays
> because the garbage collection on COM objects works better (no matter
> how hard I tried, CF would always seem to hold on to one randomly and
> not let it go until it crashed the app)
>
>
>
> On 10/3/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > That one might be funnier, if they could actually find reasons why
> > > Rails is better than CF =)
> >
> > yeah, I heard a lot of Ruby does that, too... but not any Ruby does
> > that but not CF...
> >
> > except for the command line reference.
> >
> > wow
> >
> > Ruby beats CF 'cause of a command line?
> >
> > or maybe it was the digs at MySpace that were supposed to be funny?
> > ...sorta like shooting fish in a barrel though, digs against MySpace...
> >
> >
> > --
> > will
> >
> > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
> > and that would just be unacceptable."
> > - Carrie Fisher
> >
> >
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