Evan Martin (evan) wrote in evan_tech,
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ruby blocks

A friend has been learning Ruby and asking questions. His first: why are procs and blocks different? (More simply: why aren't blocks special syntax for procs?)

All I could come up with is that "return" in a block returns from the lexically enclosing function, while "return" in a proc returns from the proc itself. (This is a useful distinction, though it leads to the confusing LocalJumpError exception when you call a block after control has passed away from its lexically enclosing function...)

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  • no go

    Two friends of mine were pretty enthusiastic about the Go language, so I tried writing a program in it yesterday. It is frustrating because despite…

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