From: Alan Eden <aopcmmpjhody@...>
Date: 2007-12-31T01:07:44+09:00
Subject: super simple language enhancement

I don't know if this has ever been done in any language.

Any vertical line character(s) ( | ) which precede anything else on any
line should be treated as whitespace. This makes possible the following:

# Say hi to everybody

def say_hi
|       if @names.nil?    
|       |    puts "..."  
|       elsif @names.respond_to?("each")    
|       |      # @names is a list of some kind, iterate!    
|       |      @names.each do |name|      
|       |      |  puts "Hello #{name}!"    
|       |      end  
|       else    
|       |      puts "Hello #{@names}!"  
|       end
end

I copied this example from Ruby in twenty minutes, page 4. Look at the
original and look at the above. Isn't it much clearer? Or is there a
good reason why this isn't done that I'm missing?
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