From: brez! !! Date: 2006-05-21T15:28:23+09:00 Subject: Re: rubynuby - confused by method name "inject" yea look into the difference between functional / imperative programming languages / most languages [Java, C, C++, etc] are imperative.. inject, filter, map, et al are very common place in functional languages and require a different mindset than their imperative cousins. obviously ruby [as well as python] have functional elements. it's worth taking the time to understand what they do / they're very useful/powerful when dealing with collections.. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.