From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T10:27:05+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expressions question

From: "Jeff Wood" <jeff.darklight@gmail.com>
> 
> PLEASE stop sending out code that uses any of the perl ${x} variables ...
> 
> They are ugly and have no place in Ruby ... they are only provided to
> make the transition of Perl people easier ...

Thankfully, this is Ruby, and not Python with its rigid
Only One Way mentality.

Myself, though I've been aware of MatchData for going on 
five years now, I find I don't use it that often.  The
$1..$n variables are perfectly legible to me.  They have
a fine history too: not just Perl but awk, and Unix shell
programming . . .



Regards,

Bill