Re: Learn a Variety of Languages . . . . . . . (was: Re: [tlug] Re: Bourne Shell is the most appropriate scripting language)

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Guillaume Proux wrote:

> I don't know what would happen with standard ruby but the little I
> have read is scary.

Basically, in Ruby a String is a string of bytes, not characters, and
all of the standard methods treat it that way. So long as know what this
means and you remember this, life is not too difficult.

cjs
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