From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2004-10-25T00:52:59+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] String#first / String#last

On Oct 24, 2004, at 7:54 AM, Shashank Date wrote:
> I will vote for it. May I propose aliasing left and right to first and 
> last?

Given the presence of right-to-left languages in the world, and 
possible some-day support for them, I think first/last is a better 
choice.