In which Nadia & Saron discussing using #fetch to assert the presence of Hash keys (4.13), using #fetch for defaults (4.14), and documenting assumptions with assertions (4.15).

Episode 8

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In which Nadia and Saron wrap up the Ruby Book Club podcast! Hear why the show has come to an end, what Nadia and Saron have learnt over the last 2 years, and what they're planning to read next.

Ruby Book Club Wrap Up

Nadia and Saron finish Chapter 8. They discuss the proc object, changing local variables after lambda has already been called, and calling lambda more than once in the same scope.

Ruby Under A Microscope - Ep 26 (Ch 8 pg 211-217)

Nadia and Saron continue with Chapter 8. They look at lambdas and procs, including treating functions as first-class citizens, stack vs. heap memory, and how Ruby saves a string value.

Ruby Under A Microscope - Ep 25 (Ch 8 pg 203-211)

Nadia and Saron start Chapter 8. They discuss blocks! We learn about closures and which is faster: a 'while' loop or passing a block to 'each'.

Ruby Under A Microscope - Ep 24 (Ch 8 pg 191-202)

Nadia and Saron finish Chapter 7! They discuss how Ruby implements hash functions and hash optimisation in Ruby 2.0.

Episode 8

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