From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2004-10-01T22:00:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Range syntax theory

["trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@runbox.com>, 2004-10-01 12.59 CEST]
> BTW: why can I say 'a=1,2' and get an array, but not 'a=(1,2)' ?

I guess, for the same reason you can't say '1,2'.

$ ruby -e '1,2'
-e:1: syntax error

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