http://nwrug.org/events/thursday-16th-may-nils-what-are-your-options/
Tony Hoare, inventor of the null reference, calls it his “billion dollar mistake”. Although Ruby goes some way to correcting it by making nil at least be a class with some reasonably helpful stuff on it, you’ll no doubt have been hit by a NoMethodError: undefined method 'foo'just as many times as me. At May’s NWRUG, Russell Dunphy will try to convince you of two thing: There are not one, but two types of nil They are not a necessary evil - we can do something about them. Sponsored by On The Beach About the Speaker Russell Dunphy is a developer at On The Beach who loves a Haiku standup. He tweets at @rsslldnphy, codes at http://github.com/rsslldnphy and blogs at http://rsslldnphy.tumblr.com/ Schedule 6:00pm :: Ruby/Rails Advice Drop-in Session - All levels welcome. 7:00pm :: Nils - what are your Options? 7:30pm :: Q&A After :: Post-talk drinks and discussion in Terrace sponsored by On The Beach. See the website for directions or contact information: http://nwrug.org/events/thursday-16th-may-nils-what-are-your-options/ -- Will Jessop System Administrator 37signals -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
