From: Enrique Comba Riepenhausen <ecomba@...>
Date: 2007-05-19T03:19:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby?

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> with no reduction in meaning, yet 25% fewer lines of code.
>
>
> What are the reasons why this isn't used/implemented/liked?  It would
> be a small change to the interpreter.  Enabling meaningful indentation
> would only make 'end' optional, not invalid; backwards compatibility
> wouldn't be a problem.
>
> (I use both Ruby and Python.  I think indentation is one of the few
> *language* features where Python leads Ruby.)

Here my 5 cents...

Gentlemen, if you want to code Python style, go ahead, program in  
Python.

I mean every language has it's pros an cons. I come from a Java world  
(11 years of Java) and I am not asking that Ruby should be Java like.  
That is absolute nonsense.

Ruby is like Ruby, so, if you like it (as I do) take it, if you  
don't...  there are lots of different programming languages out there  
you can choose from, or like Mats, go ahead and develop your own (you  
will notice it's actually not that easy to do it right...)

Cheers,

Enrique Comba Riepenhausen