One thing I really like about Ruby is the ability to refactor to one line. Note that this isn't some spartan thing I have going, nor some geek-macho :) "look what I can do". Instead, I find it a lot more readable. Here's why...
I've spent the last 4 hours cleaning up my hard drive. 2 Tb of space fills up rather quickly when you do video/audio work - and today was the day to flush all the stuff I didn't need and organize the stuff I want to keep.
Rack is something most people have heard of yet don't really understand. If you're a Rails/Ruby dev, you most likely know the basics of it. If you're a Microsoft developer, chances are you have no clue about it. Understanding Rack is not only important for you as a web developer - it's also eye-opening and fun.
It's great to see people so interested in Ruby and what makes it work. My last post sparked a great discussion and I'm happy I did it (thanks for the prod Jon!). In that spirit I thought it would be fun to add some more to it: this time with the nebulous Ruby code block.
Last night my friend Jon Galloway suggested that perhaps if I could elaborate more on why I like Ruby, then it might help people to understand a bit better why they might want to look into an alternative language (rather than just take my word for it). I sort of believe this leads to arguments. We'll see.
