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20 Aug 2013 »
serve me up
Serving out static files shouldn't require creating a
VirtualHostin Apache or a nginx config file (this project may not be render this claim inaccurate though). Here's how to do it in one line.Ruby
$ ruby -run -e httpd . -p8000In true dsl fashion, this
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21 Jun 2012 »
my first ruby core patch - Alt-* commands in reverse-i-search
For details on the bug itself, see the ticket description
Summary: in Ctrl-R (reverse-i-search), Alt-* leads to * being inserted at the cursor, instead of the command being executed. eg. 'f' is inserted when Alt-F is hit, instead of the cursor being moved to the end of word (forward-word).
It took ...
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02 Apr 2012 »
a re-examination of Ruby's reopenable classes
I used to be of the opinion that Ruby takes OOP to the limit, by allowing reopenable classes.
Take the factorial function. It operates on numbers, so conceivably, there should be a "factorial" message on receivers of type Number (to borrow from Smalltalk). Here's how it can be done ...
