From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-01-31T11:22:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Hi --

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Aredridel wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 13:35 +0900, Navindra Umanee wrote:
>> Zach Dennis <zdennis@mktec.com> wrote:
>>>   - you can use string interpolation, ex: "x: #{@myvar}" instead of
>>> having to say "x:" + myvar'
>>
>> Ruby seems to lose here.  The syntax #{@myvar} is a rare case of
>> ugliness.
>
> Ugly for that case. Gorgeous for the #{myvar.upcase} case, I think.

Indeed.  And the realization that Ruby's interpolation goes beyond
variables, and that the "extra" symbols aren't extra, is one of the
traditional rites of passage :-)


David

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