Re: Can you please help to make decision?

On Sep 30, 2007, at 9:47 AM, 7stud -- wrote:

5)
- and this is my favorite: "Code Blocks", learning to use code blocks
is probably the single greatest benefit from learning Ruby, Python
just will not give this to you.

I don't know what "code blocks" are and the subject isn't in the
appendix of ruby's bible: pickaxe2, so I can't comment on that.

Look under 'block' not 'code block'.

Regards, Morton



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