Re: new to ruby

From	Darrin "Doc" O'Leary <droleary@3q2014.subsume.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.ruby
Subject	Re: new to ruby
Date	2014-07-21 03:41 +0000
Organization	Subsume Technologies, Inc.
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For your reference, records indicate that 
AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/20/2014 08:22 AM, Darrin Doc O'Leary 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.

This being a discussion group, the expectation is that follow-up questions
would be asked if simply getting a direct answer wasn’t enough to get you on
the right track.  I have no idea what you already know (or not) or how you
learn, so it is generally better not to expect long answers (or ask questions
that require them).

> 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

It’s just the way most Unix programs operate, using STDIN if needed.  I’d
hardly call it “interactive”, but Programming Ruby did for some reason,
which lead to the confusion.  That site, although still useful, is quite
dated and may not be the best way for a newcomer to learn Ruby these days
(depending on your other programming background).

> 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.

No apology is necessary; you caught and corrected your own behavior, which
is far more appreciated.  Consider filtering out the idiots in the future
rather than letting them be a continuing negative influence.

-- 
"Well, here I am."
Jubal Early, Objects in Space, Firefly

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new to ruby AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 13:20 -0700
  Re: new to ruby Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@3q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-07-19 21:11 +0000
    Re: new to ruby AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com> - 2014-07-19 16:43 -0700
      Re: new to ruby Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@3q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-07-20 15:22 +0000
        Re: new to ruby AudreyJean <iamAudreyJean@gmail.com> - 2014-07-20 14:22 -0700
          Re: new to ruby Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@3q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-07-21 03:41 +0000

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