[Haifux] [lecture proposal] Ruby

[Ohad Lutzky]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Ohad Lutzky wrote:
>> Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on
>> simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural
>> to read and easy to write.
>>
>> Hello world in ruby is:
>>
>> print "Hello World!"
>>
>
> Actually, that will print "Hello World!" without the newline. If you want the
> newline, you need either:
>
> {{{{{{{{
> print "Hello World!\n"
> }}}}}}}}
>
> Or:
>
> {{{{{
> puts "Hello World!"
> }}}}}

That is of course, correct. Whoops :)

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Ohad Lutzky