From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-02T07:58:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Another scrach on head

Mohammad Khan wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 16:02, Jim Weirich wrote:
> 
>>Austin Ziegler said:
>>
>>>See, that's why I'm not getting this. [...]
>>
>>Me too.
>>
>>Actually, I see #true? as potentially confusing.  Imagine explaining to a
>>newbie why
>>
>>   if cond
>>
>>and
>>
>>   if cond.true?
>>
>>are not equivalent.
> 
> 
> As a newbie, this is also confusing to me

[snip]

That's the key, right there. There is nothing wrong with being a newbie. 
We've all been there. But the fact is, there will ALWAYS be things that 
will be surprising to a newbie. Instead of raising a red flag and asking 
that it change, please try to live with it for a while and see if it 
still bothers you when you have more experience.

As most of the people who have replied to this thread have stated, the 
whole #true?/#false? thing is really not _that_ much of an issue. Yes, 
there are times where it would be convenient, but most of the time it is 
inconsequential.

-- 
Jamis Buck
jgb3@email.byu.edu
http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis