From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...>
Date: 2005-10-29T08:47:05+09:00
Subject: Re: "Readability" inflation

Trans ha scritto:
> Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> 
> 
>>I agree with you that many suggestions have arisen, but many of them are
>>simply a way to think outside the box (I hate myself for using that
>>phrase, but I can't think of anything better.)
> 
> 
> Ruby the Can-Do langauge :-)
> 
> 
>>I think one of the many great things about Ruby is that each new
>>addition is carefully considered; does it correspond to the Ruby Way? It
>>it clear to me that `collection.every.method' does not. Neither do I
>>think the `->' lambda syntax does.
> 
> 
> The  { |x| ... } syntax never turned me on about Ruby. In fact, my
> first thought what why not do(x) ... end. But it was the *utility* of
> blocks that made the difference.
> 

I agree with David in the general points, but for what is worth, I agree 
with TRANS on this, I always thought {|x|...} was unrubyish, even when I 
did'nt had a grasp of what rubyish could mean (and probably I still don't)