From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-12-24T11:53:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with a ruby idiom


On Dec 23, 2006, at 3:35 PM, William James wrote:
>> Might I be a curmudgeon on this Christmas eve eve? I say that any  
>> idiom
>> that's confusing enough that its semantics isn't *instantly*
>> recognizable to an old FORTRAN programmer like my curmudgeonly self
>> probably doesn't contribute to code readability. :)

Isn't an idiom by definition somewhat unique to its cultural/language
context? If an expression is instantly recognizable by non-native
speakers of the language then it isn't an idiom at all.

Gary Wright