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+1  Q: 

The Zen of Ruby

Hi,

I have written a Ruby gem named 'this'. Get it here http://rubygems.org/gems/this. Purpose of 'this' is to show quotes of 'The Zen of Ruby' whenever you "require 'this'". As I could not find any equivalent zen quotes for Ruby, currently I am using 'The Zen of Python' (PEP 20). Extremely sorry for using it :)

Can you guys suggest me good quotes that Ruby 'Zen' should have. I would update 'this' gem to have new quotes.

Thanks.

+1  A: 

'There is more than one way to do everything and this is good'

workmad3  2010-08-11 16:41:25
+1  A: 

"blocks aren't objects" and the corollary "blocks are objects"

workmad3  2010-08-11 16:43:56
+1  A: 

'easy is better than simple'

workmad3  2010-08-11 16:44:56
or maintainable, apparently.
Bill K  2010-08-11 16:47:16
I find well written Ruby code to be some of the most maintainable; of course, poorly written code (in any language) is a nightmare...
maerics  2010-08-12 10:07:29
+5  A: 

MINASWAN: Matz is nice, and so we are nice

manveru  2010-08-11 16:46:36
You missed what the first "A" is for? It should be "always"?
Ryan Bigg  2010-08-12 10:11:52
No, it's "and". The first use of it on ruby-talk was: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/158958
manveru  2010-08-16 10:10:54
+4  A: 

Did you write a test for that?

Ryan Bigg  2010-08-12 10:04:55
I would definitely write tests in the next version of it. Ship it Squirrel (http://shipitsquirrel.github.com/) influenced me.
Anil  2010-08-12 10:10:49
Specs included now.
Anil  2010-08-15 05:22:23
+2  A: 

"Zen of Ruby" is an oxymoron.

John Machin  2010-08-12 11:58:40
+1  A: 

'Premature optimization is the root of all evil.'

Tass  2010-08-12 15:41:52

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