Comments on: My Frustrations with REXML: Ruby’s Standard Library for Reading/Writing XML http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/ programming, politics, & other religious issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: from Hpricot to nokogiri | Bibliographic Wilderness http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/#comment-38230 from Hpricot to nokogiri | Bibliographic Wilderness Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:17:29 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/03/24/my-frustrations-with-rexml-rubys-standard-library-for-readingwriting-xml-or-rubys-problem-is-its-type-system-and-dont-try-to-tell-me-otherwise/#comment-38230 [...] one time Hpricot, originally by the famous _why, was the most widely-used post-REXML html/xml parsing solution in ruby.  These days nokogiri has eclipsed it (for various reasons), but [...] [...] one time Hpricot, originally by the famous _why, was the most widely-used post-REXML html/xml parsing solution in ruby.  These days nokogiri has eclipsed it (for various reasons), but [...]

]]> By: steve http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/#comment-38208 steve Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:53:42 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/03/24/my-frustrations-with-rexml-rubys-standard-library-for-readingwriting-xml-or-rubys-problem-is-its-type-system-and-dont-try-to-tell-me-otherwise/#comment-38208 I know this is an old post, but it made me laugh. Static typing gives you no protection except in precious few languages, and even then things still slip through. If you are relying on static typing in lieu of proper testing and it sure sounds like, retire. I know this is an old post, but it made me laugh. Static typing gives you no protection except in precious few languages, and even then things still slip through.

If you are relying on static typing in lieu of proper testing and it sure sounds like, retire.

]]> By: Ruby is the Future http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/#comment-37192 Ruby is the Future Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:05:33 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/03/24/my-frustrations-with-rexml-rubys-standard-library-for-readingwriting-xml-or-rubys-problem-is-its-type-system-and-dont-try-to-tell-me-otherwise/#comment-37192 [...] a whole lifetime of ranting against it (cite, cite, cite, cite), I finally have to eat my words, come out, and say it: Ruby is the language of the [...] [...] a whole lifetime of ranting against it (cite, cite, cite, cite), I finally have to eat my words, come out, and say it: Ruby is the language of the [...]

]]> By: Enfranchised Mind » April Fails or April Fools Epic Win? On “Ruby is the Future” http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/#comment-36523 Enfranchised Mind » April Fails or April Fools Epic Win? On “Ruby is the Future” Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:56:39 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/03/24/my-frustrations-with-rexml-rubys-standard-library-for-readingwriting-xml-or-rubys-problem-is-its-type-system-and-dont-try-to-tell-me-otherwise/#comment-36523 [...] more sane way to apply them — some way to apply them and still have the confidence of knowing the language’s standard library distribution wasn’t hosed by someone forgetting to check.... I suspect that kind of thinking is behind Duby, and it’s certainly what’s behind [...] [...] more sane way to apply them — some way to apply them and still have the confidence of knowing the language’s standard library distribution wasn’t hosed by someone forgetting to check…. I suspect that kind of thinking is behind Duby, and it’s certainly what’s behind [...]

]]> By: Ronin 0.2.1 “notashellscript” released « House of Postmodern http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/rexml-dynamic-typing-lose/#comment-34234 Ronin 0.2.1 “notashellscript” released « House of Postmodern Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:21:52 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/03/24/my-frustrations-with-rexml-rubys-standard-library-for-readingwriting-xml-or-rubys-problem-is-its-type-system-and-dont-try-to-tell-me-otherwise/#comment-34234 [...] “notashellscript”, had a couple but still important changes. Ronin 0.2.1 has dropped REXML in favour of Nokogiri for XML support. Nokogiri brings faster XML/HTML parsing and building to [...] [...] “notashellscript”, had a couple but still important changes. Ronin 0.2.1 has dropped REXML in favour of Nokogiri for XML support. Nokogiri brings faster XML/HTML parsing and building to [...]

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