From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2008-06-17T22:05:18+09:00
Subject: Re: print(true and true) #=> the parenthesis issue

Todd Benson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Robert Klemme wrote:
>>     
>>> There are no nature laws in IT.
>>>
>>>       
>> Absolute nonsense.
>>
>> IT is not an entity unto itself. It is an artifact of the human brain.
>>     
>
> <snip/>
>
>   
>> From that point reasonable point of view, we could well have the usability
>> problem mentioned. I, for one, find this parenthesis problem obscure in the
>> extreme. What happened to the principal of least surprise? Yikes.
>>
>> Keep it simple, when at all possible.
>>     
>
> You should study linguistics.  Then, you might have an idea of how
> hard it is to KISS.
>
> Todd
>
>
>   
Actually, I have, at the graduate level...and I do. It's a principle 
(got the spelling right this time, I hope). One aims at it, and hope to 
get close. I suggest that in this case Ruby may not have gotten close 
enough. That's all.

t.

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