Comments on: Ruby joy http://www.michaelbannister.co.uk/blog/2006/06/21/ruby-joy/ pointless ramblings Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Michael http://www.michaelbannister.co.uk/blog/2006/06/21/ruby-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Michael Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:17:29 +0000 http://www.michaelbannister.co.uk/blog/2006/06/21/ruby-joy/#comment-83 <p>More functional (and elegant) version of the second method:</p> <pre><code>def int_to_str_base(num,base) if (num == 0) "" else int_to_str_base(num / base, base) << $base_ch[num % base] end end </code></pre> <p>I think this is tail-recursive, but not sure. I don't really remember what that means!</p> More functional (and elegant) version of the second method:

def int_to_str_base(num,base)
if (num == 0)
""
else
int_to_str_base(num / base, base) << $base_ch[num % base]
end
end

I think this is tail-recursive, but not sure. I don’t really remember what that means!

]]> By: Emma http://www.michaelbannister.co.uk/blog/2006/06/21/ruby-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Emma Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:12:02 +0000 http://www.michaelbannister.co.uk/blog/2006/06/21/ruby-joy/#comment-52 <p>"This is mainly to annoy Emma. " Hey!! </p> <p>On the rest of the post.... get laid dude, get laid! ;-) Nah, it does look cooler than the cobol method that's for sure!</p> “This is mainly to annoy Emma. ” Hey!!

On the rest of the post…. get laid dude, get laid! ;-) Nah, it does look cooler than the cobol method that’s for sure!

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