From: Brian Adkins Date: 2007-10-12T12:35:08+09:00 Subject: Re: range max On Oct 11, 11:11 pm, Marek Kasperkiewicz wrote: > thanks Morton, > I thought ruby supposed to be better than Perl and Python combined, but > I can see that's not the case yet. Congratulations, you found the Achilles heel of Ruby! We try to keep it a secret, but the dreaded (1..N).max issue will undoubtedly keep Ruby from realizing its true potential. From what I can tell from your postings, I'd say you'll probably prefer Perl over Python - best wishes.