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1. Steven wondered whether it is necessary to clean up the string created from native C code(rb_str_new2) and passed to rb_funcall. Matz replied,
You don’t have to (and you shouldn’t) free string objects.
2. Mohsin asked [...
Learning Ruby is easy if you already know a programming language. But there are some ruby language features which can cause headache for a programmer migrating from C++ or Java. In this post, I will look at 10 interesting language features that are unique to Ruby.
1. Objects everywhere! - In Ruby everything is an object [...
Question:
Jean asks: Can i open a power point with open office??
Answer:
Thanks for your question, Jean. Sure you can, it’s pretty easy. At OpenOffice make a File>>Open, then select Powerpoint as the type of file you would want to open. Once opened you will be able to keep your file as [...
Ruby has excellent networking support. Ruby has low level networking features such as sockets and tcp/ip protocols. It also has a high level API for handling protocols such as http and ftp. In this post we will look the Ruby http library. We also look at how this library can be used to download and [...
All hell broke loose after Zed Shaw (the guy behind Mongrel) wrote a post claiming Rails is Ghetto. In the post he points out the ugly part of “Rails Community”.
“This is that rant. It is part of my grand exit strategy from the Ruby and Rails community. I don’t want to be a ‘Ruby guy’ [...
Windows/Mac: Email client and attachment aggregator Postbox shows off its Mozilla roots by adding support for add-ons—many of them out of the Thunderbird community—in its latest beta...
You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.
Today we're going to run...
Sometimes the volume on your cellphone's speaker just isn't loud or clear enough. What can you do without a soldering iron or third-party add-on? Turn a breakfast utensil into a makeshift amplifier....
Firefox 3.5 downloads skyrocket, Bing captures an impressive share of search in its first month, and your browser history may be less private than you thought. Web2.0collage
You may be surprised to...
If you upload videos to YouTube and feel restricted by the 1GB limit, YouTube now offers 2GB of wiggle room as well as the ability to directly link to and embed high definition video.
To share a...
