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From: AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: new to ruby
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:22:03 -0700
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On 07/20/2014 08:22 AM, Darrin Doc O'Leary wrote:
> For your reference, records indicate that
> AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Owing to the fact that I’m not a mind reader,

Yes, I owe you an apology, which I hope you will accept.  You did answer 
my question, but I guess I was frustrated because you answer seemed so 
terse.

I was not aware that Ruby had an 'intermediate' level of interactivity 
and could not find "IRB." I tried iruby, rubyi, sruby rubys and finally 
found that page and did not read far enough before being totally frustrated.

> That is exactly what the page you reference described as interactive.  It’s
> what anybody with sufficient experience running terminal commands would
> expect.

Apparently I don't have sufficient experience. I have never seen an 
interactive prompt like that.  I'm more familiar with the Python Shell, 
which is pretty much like IRB.  The other way almost seems like a bug, 
but a bug I have often wished for in Python :P
>
> Perhaps getting snippy at the drop of a hat is what results in your usual
> experience.
>
again, I apologize for my 'snippiness', and I would say it is more a 
reaction to getting my hand slapped every time I have a question in a 
particular group I frequent.  It turns out this particular hand slapper 
does that to everybody, and I shouldn't have assumed that I would get 
the same treatment here.

Cheers,

-- 
Deb in WA, USA