From: Mark Vander Voord <mvandervoord@...>
Date: 2007-10-26T21:29:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Fluent programming in Ruby

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> > For a human reader it is from my viewpoint better that the
> > actual possibility...
> >
> > puts "hello".
> >      upcase.
> >      reverse.
> >      slice(0)   #  => prints "O"
> >


I don't believe this to be true.  In normal written language, we put a
period at the end of a statement to signify we have completed a thought.
That is the opposite of what we are doing here, where you want to continue
onto the next statement.  From my point of view, a period at the end of the
statement would be misleading.

Mark

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<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&gt; For a human reader it is from my viewpoint better that the<br>&gt; actual possibility...
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; puts &quot;hello&quot;.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;upcase.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;reverse.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;slice(0)&nbsp;&nbsp; #&nbsp;&nbsp;=&gt; prints &quot;O&quot;<br>&gt;</blockquote></div><br>I don&#39;t believe this to be true.&nbsp; In normal written language, we put a period at the end of a statement to signify we have completed a thought.&nbsp; That is the opposite of what we are doing here, where you want to continue onto the next statement.&nbsp; From my point of view, a period at the end of the statement would be misleading.
<br><br>Mark<br>

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