From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2004-05-25T15:20:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Numeric#of

Hi,

In message "Re: [RCR] Numeric#of"
    on 04/05/25, "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@noaa.gov> writes:

|> What if n is very large number?
|
|same problem with using #map vs. #map! isn't it?

Yes, but they are for Enumerables, collecting items for number of
times can be abused more easily.  Just my concern.

|i'm not attached to 'of' - all i was suggesting was a collecting
|Numeric#times.  i actually considered this first:

...

|but this is even less intuitive, whereas the 'of' why kindof reads like 'give
|me n of these'.  sorry i can't think of a better non-english-centric name ;-)

You don't have to care about being "non-english-centric", but I just
worry that the word "of" can mean virtually anything.

							matz.