At 09:44 AM 6/22/2006, Chad wrote:
Cool. I checked out the REXML page. This quote is great:
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"Some of the common differences are that the Ruby API relies on block
enumerations, rather than iterators. For example, the Java code:
for (Enumeration e=parent.getChildren(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
Element child = (Element)e.nextElement(); // Do something with child
}
in Ruby becomes:
parent.each_child{ |child| # Do something with child }
Can't you feel the peace and contentment in this block of code? Ruby
is the language Buddha would have programmed in."
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Dr. Ralph Griswold (creator or SNOBOL and Icon programming languages)
used to say that there's really nothing new under the sun in CS, it's all
recycled. I have to note that this statement form you admire so much comes
directly from Smalltalk of 20 years ago!
regards,
-tom
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