From: Peter Szinek Date: 2006-12-20T23:13:51+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby gotchas Luciano Ramalho wrote: > Thanks, Tom. This is exactly the sort of explanation I was looking for. > > Folks, I was not trying to bash ruby, just trying to figure out why > something that looked very strange to me is the way it is. Sorry Lucio, I have misinterpreted your mail (I have thought you are actually arguing that Ruby's handling of 'or' vs '=' is the natural way) and after re-reading I realized that you were upset about quite the opposite thing... Cheers, Peter __ http://www.rubyrailways.com