Ruby Blocks: seeking closure

Lately, I’ve been quickly wrapping my head around Ruby– that seductive language that is quickly becoming the very reason I want to get out of bed in the morning. In my attempt to grok Ruby Blocks, I started writing this sort of “if you can teach it, then you know it” series called Block Party. As such, it might help someone who stops by to read it, but it’s fundamentally written to help...

Lambdas, a Python Example

We had a great meeting last night for the RubyGorge Block Party. Pasta, beers, great talk, and programming. What more could a guy want? (Wait, don’t answer that… “No, honey! I–” <smack!>) We stumbled a bit on our discussion of blocks, mostly because I threw Jason to the wolves (“Uh, so let’s start. Jason, go!”). Partly, it was because blocks are such an unusual...