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class EvolutionMachine
  def initialize(max_children = 100, max_mutation = 3)
    @max_children = max_children
    @max_mutation = max_mutation
  end
  
  def evolve(phrase, target)
    normalize(phrase, target)
    puts phrase
    while(phrase != target)

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class SomeService
  def initialize(host)
    @connection = SomeConnectionClass.new(host)
  end
  
  # class-level method
  def self.open(host)
    instance = self.new(host)
    yield(instance)
  ensure

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class Person
  attr_reader :name
  
  def initialize(name, height)
    @name = name
    @height = height
  end
  
  def tall?
    @height == "tall"

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require 'builder'

xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new

xml.instruct!
xml.foo do
  xml.bar do
    xml.baz("suckas")
  end
  xml.no_closing_tag

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class Foo
  def initialize
    @logger = Logger.new("logfile.log")
  end

  def do_something
    # do something...
    @logger.log("doing something")
  end
end

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# Install ruby 1.8.6 using the one-click windows installer from:
# http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
# Be sure to check the box to enable rubygems during the install.
# Make sure C:\bin exists and is in your path.
# Now open a command-prompt and run:

> gem install pik
> pik_install C:\bin
> pik install ruby 1.8.7
> pik use 187

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Given /^I see the page$/ do
  puts @response.body
end

Given /^I see the url$/ do
  puts @request.url
end

Given /^I see the current user$/ do
  puts @controller.send(:current_user).inspect

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# Stolen from: http://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/blob/master/lib/factory_girl/step_definitions.rb
# and slightly modified so that steps which create only a single record, save
# that record to an instance variable, so you can do things like:
#
#   Given I am logged in as an admin
#   And a post exists with a title of "Awesome Post"
#   When I go to the post
#   Then I should see "Awesome Post"
#   And I should see a link to edit the post
#

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For pretty, readable, light-on-dark colors in Terminal.app:

After reading a handful of blog posts I finally got this working in 10.6...

1. Add this to ~/.bash_profile:

    export CLICOLOR=1
   

2. Install SIMBL.

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#!/bin/bash

# Pretty light-on-dark theme for iTerm.
# Copied from here:
# http://kpumuk.info/mac-os-x/customizing-iterm-creating-a-display-profile-with-pastel-colors/

# Run in terminal then restart iTerm.
# Profile is listed as "Pastel" under Bookmarks => Manage Profiles...

PASTEL='{