When I started programming Ruby, it was on an Apple iBook G4/800. That beautiful 12” powerhouse of a 800 MHz PowerPC with a rocking 256MB…

Do you know why experienced Ruby programmers tend to reach for basic collectionsand hashes while programmers from other languages go for more specialized classes?Do you know the difference between strip, chop, and chomp, and why there are threesuch similar methods when apparently one might suffice? (Not to mention lstrip andrstrip!) Do you know the downsides of dynamic typing? Do you know why the differencesbetween strings and symbols get so blurry, even to experienced Ruby developers?How about metaprogramming? What the heck is an eigenclass? How aboutprotected methods? Do you know what they’re really about? Really? Are you sure?Eloquent Ruby

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