From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-10-20T20:47:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Method annotation and anonymous functions

Hi --

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Jeff Wood wrote:

> It's really a VERY cool idea.  I really hope it makes it in. I know
> most people seem to hate adding a little punctuation ... but sometimes
> it can be a good thing.

The thing is, I've spent literally years watching literally dozens and
dozens of things being suggested, *all* of which involve new
punctuation and all of which someone thinks are good ideas.  If even a
tenth of them were adopted, Ruby would be about 90% of the way to
being in the Perl bracket of punctuation intensity.

I know it sounds strange, but I actually consider the clean line of
Ruby a "feature" (albeit an optional one, as to its use :-) which
counts for more than almost every RCR imaginable to me.


David

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David A. Black
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