From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2007-02-09T02:36:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Patterns of semantic contradictions?

Robert Dober wrote:
> "abcdefghijklmnop".gsub(/a/,"A")

gsub seems out of place here; it feels like using a flat-headed 
screwdriver to turn a star-headed screw. Instead, I would use tr:

"abcdefghijklmnop".tr 'a', 'A'

> "abcda".gsub(/a/,"A")

Same here.

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