From: Carlos Date: 2004-08-07T09:00:21+09:00 Subject: Re: Defining a new function by composition [Edgardo Hames , 2004-08-06 23.36 CEST] > Since there is a method push which modifies the receiver, I believe > pop should do the same. I find it kind of odd this isn't so. $ ruby -e 'a=[1,2,3]; a.pop; p a' [1, 2]