From: X1 <list.rb@...>
Date: 2007-07-17T13:20:49+09:00
Subject: Re: The Pebble in the Ruby Shoe

Agreed.

The pebble is a ruby :-)

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Pe単a, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com>  
wrote:

> From: Raphael Gillett [mailto:r.gillett@rational.demon.co.uk]
> # Ruby aims to be a human friendly programming language that
> ...
> # The pebble in the Ruby shoe is the counter-intuitive use of
> # indexing of elements of arrays, strings, etc., from 0 to n-1
> # instead of the more natural 1 to n.
>
> an ones preference evolves, so does his knowledge of numbers: from  
> counting, to integers, to rationals, reals, abstract, etc..
>
> ruby is quite encompassing. array indices are integers: negative,  
> zero, positive, and the ranges thereof...
>
> irb(main):001:0> a=[1,2,3]
> => [1, 2, 3]
> irb(main):002:0> a[0]
> => 1
> irb(main):003:0> a[-1]
> => 3
> irb(main):004:0> a[1]
> => 2
>
> irb(main):006:0> a[0..2]
> => [1, 2, 3]
> irb(main):007:0> a[0..-2]
> => [1, 2]
>
> thus for me, with ruby, the shoe fits, and it fits well.
>
> kind regards -botp
>