From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2007-07-10T00:43:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Yield should be renamed call_block

Hi,

In message "Re: Yield should be renamed call_block"
    on Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:59:35 +0900, Bharat Ruparel <bruparel@mercury.com> writes:

|1.  I have to plead ignorance.  I do not know the language history very 
|well.  What is CLU?

CLU is a programming language designed in MIT back in 70s.  CLU has a
functionality called an iterator which fundamentally equals to a
method call with a block in Ruby, except that a iterator must be
called within a for statement.  For more information, Google is your
friend.

|2.  I think that moving "yeild" to a method call is a great idea.  That 
|way it can be freely aliased as and when needed.  Why are you saying 
|that it will be done that far out (3.0?).  Are you concerned about 
|"breaking" existing code?  Educate me.

I think incompatibility can be introduced time to time in the
evolution of languages.  I try not to make them too often though.

							matz.