From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2005-01-30T13:01:13+09:00
Subject: Re: nil question

Hi,

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:57:20 +0900, Brian Blazer <brian@brianandkate.com> wrote:
> 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)?

Maybe you will enjoy this. I like it. It's a feature for me. :-)

Cheers,
Joao