From: Ruby Freak Date: 2008-07-03T07:07:01+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby idiom a ||= b means? This has been discussed nearly to death at: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/fe4fbc48e19105cd/bf7f73380e285aff?lnk=gst&q=Or+equal#bf7f73380e285aff