From: Tim Uckun Date: 2007-12-09T19:27:05+09:00 Subject: Re: How much would variable declarations in Ruby make you wince? > A solution to my problem would be to require variable declarations. > Something like the "my" keyword of a strict PERL script. Ruby would > probably not use "my," despite its PERL roots. Maybe "var?" I think it would be useful especially for people coming to ruby from non case sensitive languages. I certainly don't see any harm in setting up something like strict. If you don't want to use it you don't have to.