From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-06-22T23:17:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby goodies?

Hi --

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, James Britt wrote:

> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> 
>> Perhaps above all, the clean, expressive syntax.  There's relatively
>> little punctuation; well-written Ruby code has a sparse look that I,
>> and a lot of other people, love, and it manages to be terse without
>> being cryptic.  (Badly-written or [Java/C/Perl/...]-like Ruby code,
>> does not have these qualities :-)
>
> I see Ruby code as being succinct rather than terse.  Perhaps a minor 
> distinction, but in my mind 'terse' has a pejorative quality.

I think you're right.  Terse does evoke abruptness and anger and
stuff.  Succinct, concise, expressive are better descriptions.

I'll stick with "without being cryptic" though :-)


David

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