From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-09-11T00:42:03+09:00
Subject: Re: patching strings together to make a variable

Sy Ali wrote:
> What I'd really like to learn is how I can patch multiple strings
> together and call it a variable.  I think I'm just missing some simple
> piece of this puzzle..
> 
> The imaginary code would be:
> 
> ab = "pass"
> puts ("a" + "b").to_variable
> 
> 

This sounds very, very PHP to me. And subjectively speaking, I think 
variable variables from that language are the worst abomination in a 
structured programming language since VB goto.

Does that really make code clearer instead of just "clever"?

David Vallner