From: Martin DeMello Date: 2005-05-27T15:10:19+09:00 Subject: Re: A different perspective on Ruby. why the lucky stiff wrote: > Martin DeMello wrote: > > > I'd say conceptually abs belongs with floor, ceil, round and truncate. > > And where do you stand in regard to .succ? succ is definitely a method rather than a function, IMO - I can't see myself using it in a mathematical rather than a 'programming' context. martin