From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-10-02T07:25:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby's equivalent of PHP explode

voipfc@googlemail.com wrote:
> Isn't a ruby hash the same what some other languages call an
> associative array?

Yes. But each language has it's only idiom. For example, python calls
arrays "lists" and assoc. arrays "dictionaries". Ohter languages use
the terms "map", "index", "table" and so forth for assoc. arrays. In
the ruby idiom we say hash.

Regards,
Jordan