From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-17T08:05:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: if / elseif

On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 07:20:42AM +0900, David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> On 3/15/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:41:53PM +0900, John Joyce wrote:
> >> So it doesn't work like the C variety?
> >>
> >> if ( condition )
> >>       statement  // maybe done
> >> else if ( condition )
> >>       statement  // or maybe done
> >> else
> >>       statement  // done if the 1st and 2nd are not done
> >
> >Err . . . I'm pretty sure if, elsif, else works exactly like the C if,
> >else if, else.
> 
> Pretty much, except in Ruby there's no need for a rule to resolve
> if/else ambiguity, because 'end' always makes it clear.

Thanks for adding that.  I had forgotten about that, largely because I
haven't written a line of C/C++ in about five years.

I imagine there are other differences as well, but for the general case
I haven't run across any (yet).  Still new to Ruby, may just not have
encountered further differences yet.

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"Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
build programs out of the wrong concepts." - Paul Graham