From: Daniel Amelang <daniel.amelang@...>
Date: 2005-03-21T08:20:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Paul Graham recommends Ruby

I entirely prefer getting rid of the {} empty hash constructor
(leaving us only Hash.new) than the adding block syntax with empty
pipes {|| puts 'eek'}. If the {} hash constructor is the *only* thing
between us and making {} refer to blocks and blocks only, I think it's
worth the loss.

Alternatively, you could make [:] the empty hash constructor. Quite a
shortcut for an associative array, if I do say so myself :)

Dan