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Stupid Struct Tricks

Adam Keys Code, Curated October 23, 2008 0 Minutes

All About Struct – there’s always more to learn about @Struct@, unless you’re James Edward Gray. Useful and illuminating for all shades of Ruby developers.

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Published October 23, 2008

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