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Ahh, gotcha.
I like the script by the way... ruby! That is my weapon of choice these days. What is the nokogiri library like? I do a fair bit of work with html automation but haven't used that particular package.
It's pretty nice, just a faster version of _why's Hpricot... or a ruby version of jQuery if you're in to that :)
What tools do you use for html automation?
hpricot, celerity, eventmachine, unadorned regex from time to time, a custom built http client and server that I built because the alternatives at the time didn't do what I needed them to do.
That's awesome, thanks. I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't heard of celerity -- I'm excited to try it as a turbo-charger for watir tests :)
On past occasions I admired you for the sort of extreme skepticism that Harry's heading toward in Ch 63 of MoR (not trusting anyone's motives and hence not toeing the LW party line).
Glad to see that you're also a rubiest! I know it's a long shot... but does that make you a haskeller as well?
toeing the line, not towing
Thanks. Direct feedback is always appreciated. No need for you to tiptow.
Wow. That's my new thing learned for the day.
Why thankyou. I think. :P It sounds like I'll enjoy catching up on the recent MoR chapters. I lost interest there for a bit when the cringe density got a tad too high but I expect it will be well worth reading when I get back into it.
Afraid not. Sure, it's on a list of things to learn when I have time to waste but it is below learning more LISP. I do suspect I would enjoy Haskell. I tend to use similar techniques where they don't interfere too much with being practical.
Paul Graham's On Lisp is free and an incredible LISP reference. He builds a mind-bending prolog compiler/lisp macro toward the end. Well worth the read.
Paul Graham's ANSI Common Lisp is good preliminary reading, and also recommended.
Paul Graham's essays are virulent memes, and are not recommended :p
But fun! :)