From: Aleksei Guzev Date: 2001-07-09T03:10:17+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:17508] Re: % # # The big difference is that they're value-oriented instead of # variable-oriented, so they cannot restrict from assigning # kilogram value into miles variable; however it will restrict # addition of miles and kilograms together... # Of course, assigment will not be restricted in Ruby, because [ruby-talk:16870].