From: john_sips_tea@...
Date: 2006-03-29T00:43:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do some methods names which replace the content in place doesn't have the "!" sign?

> I was cutting to the chase. I have read too many posts from
> people who have only read a couple of articles on Ruby and
> think that they can fix by making it more like C++, C, Java,
> Python, Perl, Visual Basic or whatever they think they
> understand.

Then as participants here, it's our job to helpfully explain to
these folks, as best we can, how their suggestion may actually
not be a fix at all.

Geek points *will* be deducted for discourteousness! ;)