[ruby-core:18425] Re: [Feature #474] Hash#<<

On Aug 28, 5:12=A0am, Brian Candler <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Not this case. String is no longer Enumerable.
>
> Thank you, my mistake. I'm not chasing the moving target of 1.9 until it
> stabilises. And even then I suspect I'll stick with 1.8.6 for quite a whi=
le,
> rather than learn new new magic and syntax in 1.9/2.0.
>
> Now if 1.9 had *removed* magic or syntax from 1.8, I'd be much more
> interested. (For example, if it had eliminated the semantic distinctions
> between method calls, lambda calls and Proc calls). Then I could garbage
> collect some space in my brain.
>
> But I guess that's an admission that I'm not qualified to talk on ruby-co=
re,
> so I'll shut up now :-)

If you are a well practiced user of Ruby, I think that qualifies you.
The community would be rather myopic if it were nothing but C hackers
--at least, I hope that's the general sentiment.

T.