From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2001-02-16T10:14:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10939] Re: RubyChangeRequest #U002: new proper namefor Hash#indexes, Array#indexes

Matz wrote:

#     on 01/02/16, Kevin Smith <sent@qualitycode.com> writes:
# 
# |>> Array#elements? Hash#values?
# |
# |Extending Hash#values to accept a list of keys 
# |still seems best to me.
# 
# Hash#values sounds good to me too.
# How about Array?  Array#values?

FWIW, I prefer 'values' for its consistency with general comp. sci.
and math terminology.  Besides, isn't Ruby a values-oriented language,
expression-wise? :-)

# And how do you think about extending Hash#keys too?  Or extending
# Hash#index/Array#index to accept multiple arguments?

FWIW, I would like to see something like that.

LISP: The lamda machine language of AI.
Ruby: The natural OO language of AI.

Conrad Schneiker
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