From: mental@... Date: 2006-03-02T06:43:58+09:00 Subject: Re: Confusion Over Keyword Arguments Quoting Jeff Cohen : > As an aside, I wonder why => was chosen instead of a simple = > sign. > Seems like it's un-ruby-like to make us type the extra character > :-) Assignments are legal in most places that => is; would you want to trade one for the other? -mental