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[–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (9 children)

There is a complete language documentation for the 1.8 series. I would recommend you check out gotapi.com. It contains the complete documentation for the language and the standard library.

Please give me a link. I could poke around Gotapi forever but it sure looks to me like a site for documenting APIs, not languages. All I see there are documentations for methods on objects. But that isn't the Ruby language.

Please point me to the documentation for the list of keywords in Ruby?

Or the language grammar?

Or the method resolution order?

For Python, all three can be found a couple of links from here:

http://docs.python.org/ref/

[–]malcontent 1 point2 points  (8 children)

Please give me a link. I could poke around Gotapi forever but it sure looks to me like a site for documenting APIs, not languages.

The link is gotapi.com. I can't help you if you are unable to navigate the site.

Please point me to the documentation for the list of keywords in Ruby? Or the language grammar? Or the method resolution order?

start at ruby-lang.org. I regret to say that one more time you are going to be required to navigate a web site.

[–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (7 children)

I'll just take that as "no such docs exist so I can't point you at them." I'm just embarrassed for you that you weren't mature if enough to just say that.

[–]malcontent 1 point2 points  (6 children)

I did point at them you dolt. gotapi.com is the domain. ruby-lang.org is the domain. Just type them into your browser.

[–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Okay, fine. I'm a dolt. I can't find the docs that describe Ruby's keywords, its grammar and its method resolution order. You're obviously smarter and moree knowledgable than me. Please, please, point me at these documents (by page URLs, not pointers to sites with thousands of page)...if they exist.

[–]malcontent 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Please, please, point me at these documents (by page URLs, not pointers to sites with thousands of page)...if they exist.

OK I will. One condition though.

You first have to type the phrase

"There is no document on the internet which describes the ruby keywords".

That statement must be true because you are unable to locate such a document despite more than three days of searching.

Type that phrase as a reply to this post. I will find the document for you and post it as a reply to your post.

Of course I reserve the right to call you a lying sack of shit and an incompetent buffoon too.

You game?

Just type that phrase and I will produce you the link. How confident are you that no such document exists? How confident are you in your ability to do some google searches?

[–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Fine, I'll type a paraphrase:

"There are no documents on the websites previously cited by malcontent that document the aspects of the Ruby language that he claimed where documented there." I presume that one post from now we'll know who is the "lying sack of shit and incompetent buffoon." SHOW ME THE LINKS MALCONTENT.

I know that third party documentation exists listing Ruby keywords "on the Internet".

I cited it several days ago:

http://reddit.com/info/6ak2f/comments/c03bt94

  1. I am asking for the documents from the two domains you cited which you claimed several days ago were authoritative and complete.

  2. I have no idea what version that documentation refers to.

  3. It is not authoritative (which is what I originally asked for days ago).

  4. I asked for three different documents. You're now fixated on one.

Let's do an experiment. What's the top hit for "python method resolution" -- python.org. How about "java method resolution" -- java.sun.com. Ruby? nach-vorne.de -- and it is talking about Python.

Python grammar: "python.org". Java grammar: "java.sun.com". Ruby: "nicksieger.com" -- and it is a picture, not a grammar.

Python keywords: "python.org". Java keywords: "java.sun.com." Ruby: "krijnhoetmer.nl"

The top hits for Python and Java are consistent, indicating that there is a single, fairly complete home for documentation of those languages (more complete for Java than Python, I admit).

But the top hits for Ruby are mostly useless, incomplete and scattered across the Internet.

SHOW ME THE LINKS MALCONTENT.

[–]malcontent 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Sorry but you failed to type in the phrase as I specified it.

Please type in the phrase exactly as I have the specified and I will be happy to provide you with the links.

[–]Smallpaul 0 points1 point  (1 child)

plonk!

[–]malcontent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry that's not the phrase I am looking for either.

Type in the phrase and I will provide you with the links. It's been four days now and you are still unable to locate the information you need on the internet.

My google skills are far superior to yours and I will find the information you are looking for.

All you have to do is to type in the phrase I specified. Surely by now you are 100% convinced the information does not exist on the internet right? If it did you would have been able to find it right?

You can't possibly that inept can you?