Ruby jargon and slang

Ruby
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Logan C. wrote:

More etymology than self-reference - “a shibboleth” is simply a word
that fulfils the same role “shibboleth” did in its original context.

martin

Everytime I see “shibboleth” all I can think of is HP Lovecraft.

Haha! No doubt HPL was influenced by real languages and words.

ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

If I may cut and paste… I saw a T-shirt recently like this:

                   WHICH PART OF
  ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
               DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

And a similar one with Schroedinger’s Equations…

Hal

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Daniel H. wrote:

On Feb 6, 2006, at 2:58 AM, Hal F. wrote:

I’m assembling a list of Ruby community “usages” and I want to make
sure I haven’t missed anything important.

Bang methods, like Array#reject!.

True. But I’m tired of adding stuff, so this one will probably
have to slip through the cracks.

As long as people know what bang means, it’s obvious.

Hal

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Can someone point me to the page in the Pickaxe book where #-notation
is defined? I can’t find it through the index.

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DÅ?a Streda 08 Február 2006 05:18 Mark Szpakowski napísal:

Can someone point me to the page in the Pickaxe book where #-notation
is defined? I can’t find it through the index.

That notation is defined in Pickaxe? Now this I want to see.

David V.

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Dòa Streda 08 Február 2006 22:53 Mark V. napísal:

–
R. Mark V.
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.

See? Found it :stuck_out_tongue:

I was a bit confused by you using the word “defined”, I’d probably say
“described”, since Pickaxe isn’t the reference document for conventions
like
this. Then again, it just might be, I can’t recall how the notation (or
its
use in Ruby) originated and whether it was somehow canonized.

David V.

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On 2/8/06, David V. [email protected] wrote:

Dòa Streda 08 Február 2006 05:18 Mark Szpakowski napísal:

Can someone point me to the page in the Pickaxe book where #-notation
is defined? I can’t find it through the index.

That notation is defined in Pickaxe? Now this I want to see.

See the “Notation Conventions” section in the Preface. In my copy of
Pickaxe 2 it’s on page xxix.

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On Feb 8, 2006, at 7:59 PM, David V. wrote:

Pickaxe 2 it’s on page xxix.
this. Then again, it just might be, I can’t recall how the notation
(or its
use in Ruby) originated and whether it was somehow canonized.

David V.

Does ri count as canonical? It comes with ruby correct? And it uses
the ‘#’ notation.

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DÅ?a Å tvrtok 09 Február 2006 02:07 Logan C. napísal:

See the “Notation Conventions” section in the Preface. In my copy of
conventions like
this. Then again, it just might be, I can’t recall how the notation
(or its
use in Ruby) originated and whether it was somehow canonized.

David V.

Does ri count as canonical? It comes with ruby correct? And it uses
the ‘#’ notation.

Well, ri might just be following a convention that’s been in use before
the
tool existed. Not like I’d know. I was just wondering whether the
notation is
just some extremely widespread bandwagon that sort of emerged and became
universally accepted, or if there was some “official” wossname that
defined
the notation in the stricter meaning of “defined”, Or c) It doesn’t
really
matter and I’m nitpicking because I should really go to sleep for a
change.

Ah well. I’m not actually trying to (surprise!) make a point or
anything…
However, if someone -does- know the history of the notation, it’d be
interesting trivia to know.

David V.

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From: “David V.” [email protected]

Then again, it just might be, I can’t recall how the notation (or its
use in Ruby) originated and whether it was somehow canonized.

I first encountered the Class#instance_method notation in Smalltalk,
which I’d been learning for a few months prior to encountering Ruby.

I figured it came from Smalltalk but I don’t really know . . .

Regards,

Bill