From: Brian Blazer <brian@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T12:57:20+09:00
Subject: nil question

I am a bit new to this, so please be gentle.  I was wondering about the 
rational of using 'nil' to represent not only 'nothing' but also 
'false' in a conditional expression.  In the very few other languages I 
am familiar with, nil (null) is nothing wile 0 is the return for false.

Could this be an area that may cause some problems for those 
inexperienced in ruby (like myself)?

Thanks,
Brian