# Re: Is a block converted to a Proc object before yield?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-a-block-converted-to-a-proc-object-before-yield/96568>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 29, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-a-block-converted-to-a-proc-object-before-yield/96568 "2006-06-29T20:31:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-a-block-converted-to-a-proc-object-before-yield/96568/1 "2006-06-29T20:31:31Z")

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> Matz, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for making me a happy  
> programmer with Ruby.
> 
> Sam

Can I second that motion?!?!?

I was a programming burn-out. I was broken by a lifetime of shitty  
projects  
and shitty languages. One too many for-loops had left me a hollow shell  
of  
a man. I was ready to quit ‘the biz’ entirely. I yearned for a job  
that  
involved things that did not require debugging. Like… tiles. Aren’t  
tiles nice? Wouldn’t it be fun to run a tile business?

Then I discovered ruby. Clouds parted, rays of light streaming down,  
the  
host of heaven singing their angelic choirs.

Now, once again, I love what I do.

Thanks Matz!!!11!!!111oneone!11one1 That is one man I will definitely  
buy a  
beer for.

Sd

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-a-block-converted-to-a-proc-object-before-yield/96568/2 "2006-06-30T14:21:55Z")

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Hi,

In message “Re: Is a block converted to a Proc object before yield?”  
on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:28:50 +0900, “DEBAUN, STEVE [Seminis/2400]”  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

|I yearned for a job that  
|involved things that did not require debugging. Like… tiles. Aren’t  
|tiles nice? Wouldn’t it be fun to run a tile business?

Tiles are nice. My father used to sell tiles before his retirement.  
I am not sure if it’s fun though.

```
						matz.

```

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-is-a-block-converted-to-a-proc-object-before-yield/96568/3 "2006-06-30T18:28:03Z")

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On 6/29/06, DEBAUN, STEVE [Seminis/2400] [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Thanks Matz!!!11!!!111oneone!11one1 That is one man I will definitely buy a  
> beer for.

Maybe a soda instead. AFAIK, Matz doesn’t drink alcohol. 🙂

Jacob F.