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"I consider this method (Proc#curry) to be trivial"

24 points by pius 19y ago

brlewis 19y ago
David Flanagan went to MIT (lived at pika like sanj and me) and is one of those "functional programming kids." I can understand him being miffed that he just put a book out about 1.9 that doesn't cover currying.
- mechanical_fish 19y ago
  Ah, so the dynamic here is "Aargh! Progress is marching, and so am I, but we are out of step!" Being a software author seems to be a particularly exquisite form of torture.
- sanj 19y ago
  I'll also add that David is really smart guy and an excellent author. I buy his stuff sight unseen.
- ken 19y ago
  If only there was some way to publish information so that users could read it right away, then David wouldn't be in this pickle!
  - Kaizyn 19y ago
    You mean like wikis? Or online books/documentation. Yeah, it's a shame those aren't an option for publishing.
a-priori 19y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but what's this all about? I'm a "functional programming kid", but I'm not familiar with Ruby's development process nor its important people.
- deleted 19y ago
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- pius 19y ago
  Matz is the creator and keeper of the Ruby language. Him and David Flanagan just cowrote what was supposed to be O'Reilly's definitive Ruby book to coincide with Ruby 1.9's recent release. Now, after the book's hit the shelves, Flanagan hears that Matz threw this nifty little currying method into the language and forgot to mention it.
  - a-priori 19y ago
    Thanks. Sounds like much ado about nothing to me. Mention it in the errata and the next edition, and move on to more important things.
raghus 19y ago
If this is the book that's being referred to: http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanagan/dp/0596516177 http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanag.... then Flanagan's co-author was... Matz.
procrastitron 19y ago
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/142699#633354 http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/142699#633354 Yeah, it does seem pretty trivial. Granted, I would probably find it extremely useful (if I used ruby), but it doesn't seem to complicate the language to the point of needing to be delayed until a major release.
gregwebs 19y ago
class Proc def curry *args self.class.new {|*a| self.call(*(args+a))} end end

24 points by pius 19y ago

David Flanagan went to MIT (lived at pika like sanj and me) and is one of those "functional programming kids." I can understand him being miffed that he just put a book out about 1.9 that doesn't cover currying.

mechanical_fish 19y ago
Ah, so the dynamic here is "Aargh! Progress is marching, and so am I, but we are out of step!" Being a software author seems to be a particularly exquisite form of torture.
sanj 19y ago
I'll also add that David is really smart guy and an excellent author. I buy his stuff sight unseen.
ken 19y ago
If only there was some way to publish information so that users could read it right away, then David wouldn't be in this pickle!
- Kaizyn 19y ago
  You mean like wikis? Or online books/documentation. Yeah, it's a shame those aren't an option for publishing.

a-priori 19y ago

Forgive my ignorance, but what's this all about? I'm a "functional programming kid", but I'm not familiar with Ruby's development process nor its important people.

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pius 19y ago
Matz is the creator and keeper of the Ruby language. Him and David Flanagan just cowrote what was supposed to be O'Reilly's definitive Ruby book to coincide with Ruby 1.9's recent release. Now, after the book's hit the shelves, Flanagan hears that Matz threw this nifty little currying method into the language and forgot to mention it.
- a-priori 19y ago
  Thanks. Sounds like much ado about nothing to me. Mention it in the errata and the next edition, and move on to more important things.

raghus 19y ago

If this is the book that's being referred to: http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanagan/dp/0596516177 http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Programming-Language-David-Flanag.... then Flanagan's co-author was... Matz.

procrastitron 19y ago

http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/142699#633354 http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/142699#633354 Yeah, it does seem pretty trivial. Granted, I would probably find it extremely useful (if I used ruby), but it doesn't seem to complicate the language to the point of needing to be delayed until a major release.

gregwebs 19y ago

class Proc def curry *args self.class.new {|*a| self.call(*(args+a))} end end