From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-05-11T08:31:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Thanks Ruby Quiz!

Charlie Bowman wrote:
> It appears I opened a can of worms.  I see why this was chosen as a ruby
> quiz.  It seems to elicit a lot of varying responses.  Do you guys think
> that the and should be removed except for floats?

When I was a kid, teachers laid heavy stress on this for some reason.

It was treated as a moral obligation, a physical law, and a
partiotic duty all wrapped up in one.

However, I've since heard that it's probably an American thing.


Hal