From: Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@...13media.com>
Date: 2001-08-01T20:27:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:18952] Re: newbie autovivification

> > Please add this cool Python stuff to Ruby.
> >
> > If 25 < foo < 75 : print "middle"
>
> This would be nice, but it requires hacking the parser, which (as far as
> I understand) is already a complex beast. At least "25 < x < 75" raises an
> exception in Ruby. It doesn't silently give the wrong answer (as in C).

And you can use a range:

print "middle" if 25..75 === foo