What's your Ruby Number? (self.to_i)

[Joel VanderWerf]

Hopefully we will never have a method called zygmuntowicz ;-)

But I thought =~ was pronounced "zygmuntowicz"!

 

[Christophe Grandsire]

But I thought =3D~ was pronounced "zygmuntowicz"!

And here I was thinking it was the chosen pronunciation for the future **=
as in
**keys .
--
Christophe Grandsire (to_i =3D 14 . That's what happens when you are a tr=
ue
newbie, don't have time to code, and cannot attend conferences ).

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.

 

[David A. Black]

Hi --

That's it. I'm legally changing my name to <=>.

Sincerely, Mr. Spaceship.

The operator formerly known as Joel....


David

 

[gabriele renzi]

David A. Black ha scritto:

We doubled our number of core-method-named people at RubyConf this
year, thanks to the presence of Adam Keys as well as Jim Freeze.

I'm still holding out for Matt Tainted? or Joe Instance_variable_get.
And if anyone legally changes his or her last name to a core method,
he or she will be admitted free of charge.


David

mh.. what about second names? I am quite sure there is some joe p. smith

 

[Austin Ziegler]

Whew... I was thinking I must've _way_ underestimated my LOC!

irb(main):002:0> nathaniel.to_i
=3D> 122

Speaking at every RubyConf helped

Hm. I may have overestimated my LOC, but I got:

austin.to_i # =3D> 120

-austin

 

[Kaspar Schiess]

Hm. I may have overestimated my LOC, but I got:

austin.to_i # => 120

So did I probably ..

kaspar.to_i # => 93

whatever, neat the tool.

 

[Joel VanderWerf]

Hi --




The operator formerly known as Joel....

At least my symbol is pronounceable.
-- A Prince among programmers.

 

[Martin DeMello]

Nahh. Larry's OK. Better to have a Wall in your car
than a car in your wall.

Just don't compile your car with -Wall

martin

 

[Dave Burt]

I wanna be flip-flop then! Don't deprecate me.

If you spell that ".." or "...", people might get the pronunciation confused
with "range operator" or "to" for short.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Sean O'Halpin]

I wanna be flip-flop then! Don't deprecate me.

Bagsy splat

*

 

[Ryan Leavengood]

I'm a little late getting into this thread thanks to a little storm
called Hurricane Wilma (that is the price for living in the tropical
paradise that is Florida.) At least I have power now.

Anyhow I got a 67, which isn't bad considering the 2-3 years I was out
of the community. My participation in RubyConf 2001 helped my score
considerably (since I had the t-shirts made I consider myself an
organizer.)

Also I'm trying to remember who I drove in my car back at RubyConf
2001. I'm not sure if matz was in that group, but I remember the car
was full (myself and 4 others.) Anyone remember being driven in a blue
Lexus IS300 by me back at RubyConf 2001?

Anyhow, thanks for this Hal, it was very interesting, and like James
said it makes a nice "things I should be doing in the Ruby community"
list.

Ryan

 

[Dirk Meijer]

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only 6.. that must be the lowest..
i feel a bit loserish..
anyway, i'm only 16 and ruby is my first REAL language (other than silly
BASIC things on my calculator)
but the test looks great
greetings, Dirk.

I'm a little late getting into this thread thanks to a little storm
called Hurricane Wilma (that is the price for living in the tropical
paradise that is Florida.) At least I have power now.

Anyhow I got a 67, which isn't bad considering the 2-3 years I was out
of the community. My participation in RubyConf 2001 helped my score
considerably (since I had the t-shirts made I consider myself an
organizer.)

Also I'm trying to remember who I drove in my car back at RubyConf
2001. I'm not sure if matz was in that group, but I remember the car
was full (myself and 4 others.) Anyone remember being driven in a blue
Lexus IS300 by me back at RubyConf 2001?

Anyhow, thanks for this Hal, it was very interesting, and like James
said it makes a nice "things I should be doing in the Ruby community"
list.

Ryan

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[Kero]

Sure, why not. And you should get a point for having a last

Yeah, but #freeze belongs to the top class, Object.
Only way to beat that is to be in Kernel. Know anyone
named 'puts' or 'fail'?

There are enough hits on "Mr Rand" and "Mr Trap" on google
And "Mr Loop" is there, too.

+--- Kero ------------------------- kero@chello@nl ---+
| all the meaningless and empty words I spoke |
| Promises -- The Cranberries |
+--- M38c --- http://members.chello.nl/k.vangelder ---+

 

[James Britt]

There are enough hits on "Mr Rand" and "Mr Trap" on google
And "Mr Loop" is there, too.

Good fodder for action/adventure hero names:

Trap Randloop

Rand Traploop

Loop Randtrap

and so on.


James

--

http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site
http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML
http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff
http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys

 

[Dave Thomas]

It gave me 500 Ruby Number.

Heh: I beat Matz!!!

It helps to be giving 2-4 Ruby talks/week

 

[Ryan Leavengood]

Heh: I beat Matz!!!

It helps to be giving 2-4 Ruby talks/week

Somehow I imagine you are the only person in RubyDom to beat matz, and
in fact I bet your number is greater than 1000, eh?

I hate you.

Jealously yours,
Ryan

 

[Dimitri Aivaliotis]

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I agree - this is a great ice-breaker. It made me feel a bit better about m=
y
minimal ruby experience - I guess it's not so 'minimal' afterall. Now I als=
o
know where I can do some work to improve it.

- Dimitri (who got a 37)

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[paul.umbers]

Then if you changed it again you'd be the programmer formally known as
<=>

 

[William James]

I offer this in the spirit of the old "purity test" and the
"nerdity test" that was derived therefrom.

Don't take it *too* seriously. All point weights are strictly
my opinion and are subject to change.


Version 1.0 follows... cut, paste, run. Or just cut and run.


Cheers,
Hal



def add(n)
@sum += n
puts "#{n} points (#{@sum} total)"
puts
end

def yorn
print "(y/n): "
ch = gets.chomp
ch=='y' ? 1 : 0
end

@sum = 0

puts
puts "First, three background geek questions:"
puts

puts "How many degrees in computer science do you have?"
deg = gets.to_i
add(deg*4)

puts "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?"
fp = gets.to_i
div4 = ((Time.now.year - fp)/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)

puts "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?"
yrs = gets.to_i
div4 = (yrs/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)

puts "\n----------------------"
puts "And now the Ruby stuff:"
puts

puts "In what year did you start using Ruby? (4 digits)"
yr = gets.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*2)

puts "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup? (4 digits)"
yr = gets.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*4)

puts "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or Rubyforge?"
raa = gets.to_i
add(raa*1)

puts "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or other)"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*6)

puts "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group?"
local = yorn
add(local*2)

puts "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations?"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*6)

puts "How many Ruby conferences have you attended?"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*4)

puts "Now, some book questions."
puts "Translations and newer editions count separately..."
puts

puts "How many Ruby books list you as an author?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*6)

puts "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*4)

puts "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*2)

puts "How many unique Ruby books do you own?"
books = gets.to_i
add(books*1)

puts "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word 'ruby'?"
dom = yorn
add(dom*2)

puts "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or stdlib?"
core = gets.to_i
add(core*1)

puts "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto?"
matz = yorn
add(matz*10)

puts "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux?"
dave = yorn
add(dave*6)

puts "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki?"
nobu = yorn
add(nobu*4)

puts "Do you know any Japanese?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*2)

puts "Is Japanese your first language?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*3)

puts "Have you ever written Ruby for pay?"
pay = yorn
add(pay*10)

puts "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written."
loc = (gets.to_i/5000.0).ceil
add(loc*1)

puts "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)?"
nconf = gets.to_i
add(nconf*4)

puts "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times?"
over500 = gets.to_i
add(over500*3)

puts "Ever had an RCR accepted?"
rcr = yorn
add(rcr*5)


puts "That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at #@sum."
puts "Have a great day, and keep coding!"
puts

I have a feeling that Robert will be unhappy until this
contains a couple of injects.


puts [

[ "\nFirst, three background geek questions:" ],

[ "\nHow many degrees in computer science do you have?",
:i, 4 ],

[ "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?",
:y, [4] ],

[ "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?",
:i, [4] ],

[ "\n----------------------" ],
[ "And now the Ruby stuff:" ],

[ "\nIn what year did you start using Ruby?",
:y, 2 ],

[ "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup?",
:y, 4 ],

[ "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or
Rubyforge?",
:i ],

[ "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or
other)",
:i, 6 ],

[ "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group?",
:YN, 2 ],

[ "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations?",
:i, 6 ],

[ "How many Ruby conferences have you attended?",
:i, 4 ],

[ "Now, some book questions." ],
[ "Translations and newer editions count separately..." ],

[ "\nHow many Ruby books list you as an author?",
:i, 6 ],

[ "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to?",
:i, 4 ],

[ "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name?",
:i, 2 ],

[ "How many unique Ruby books do you own?",
:i ],

[ "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word
'ruby'?",
:YN, 2 ],

[ "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or
stdlib?",
:i ],

[ "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto?",
:YN, 10 ],

[ "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux?",
:YN, 6 ],

[ "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki?",
:YN, 4 ],

[ "Do you know any Japanese?",
:YN, 2 ],

[ "Is Japanese your first language?",
:YN, 3 ],

[ "Have you ever written Ruby for pay?",
:YN, 10 ],

[ "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written.",
:i, [5_000] ],

[ "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)?",
:i, 4 ],

[ "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times?",
:i, 3 ],

[ "Ever had an RCR accepted?",
:YN, 5 ],

[ "That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at" ]

].inject(0){ |sum,question|
puts question.shift
points =
question.inject(0){ |num,x|
case
when :i == x
gets.to_i
when :YN == x
(gets =~ /^y/i) ? 1 : 0
when :y == x
num = gets.to_i
num += (num<20) ? 2000 : 1900 if num < 100
Time.now.year - num
when x.respond_to?pop)
( num / x.first.to_f ).ceil
when x.respond_to?/)
num * x
else
raise "\n\n\aBad item: #{ x.inspect }\n\n"
end
}
puts " #{points} points (#{sum+points} total)\n\n" if
question.size > 1
sum + points
}