From: Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE <joeat303@...>
Date: 2006-10-01T04:48:08+09:00
Subject: Why can't Ruby automatically cast variables?

One thing that annoys me about Ruby is that casting variables is 
required:

i = 5
a = 'logan'

puts a + i.to_s

Or

a='2'
b=3

puts a.to_i + b

Why can't (or can?) Ruby just handle 'puts a + i' or 'puts a+b'?

Joe

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