From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-11-22T10:31:46+09:00
Subject: Re: porting java methods to ruby

From: Jari Williamsson [mailto:jari.williamsson@mailbox.swipnet.se] 
# Robert Dober wrote:
# > Consider this, your brain has not yet used to missing parens, and it
# > is actually looking for them, that already is some unnecessary work,
# > right ;).
# I would say my brain is scanning for some kind of separator, and the 
# space is too similar to the Rubish underscores, which 
# (sometimes) makes it harder than necessary IMO.
# With good syntax highlighting, though, this is a non-issue.

indeed. 

too much underscore is bad[*] (yes we camel on ruby class names)
too much parens is bad (try lisp)
too much spaces is bad (try... python? :)

balance is good. choice is good. ruby is good.

kind regards -botp

[*] bad here in the sense that your senses seem to clash w your thinking :)