From: Michael Klishin Date: 2008-11-09T05:47:41+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:19749] [Feature #729] curly brackets" and "begin end" blocks should behave syntactically and semantically exactly the same Issue #729 has been updated by Michael Klishin. > In every other language I know that has curly braces as block delimiters, the above is alowed and _natural_. Except Ruby. Python does not curly braces for if statements, and AFAIK nether Python community, nor Ruby community really cares about curly braces for if statements. If you ask me, I'd say curly braces are ugly, so calling it natural is a matter of taste. I don't think that Ruby which historically did not try to be C-like language, really needs to become closer to C. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/729 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org