From: Tommy Morgan Date: 2008-08-29T07:27:30+09:00 Subject: Re: unsubscribe Hi John; If you examine the headers for the email, you'll see that you need to send "unsubscribe" to a different address: -----Original Message----- From: clintwill@comcast.net Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org To: ruby-talk ML Cc: John Pritchard-williams Subject: unsubscribe Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:02:01 +0900 unsubscribe Feel free to awake this list's Owner so that he/she can remove my name. I've tried "unsubscribe" for the past 48 hours. CW. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: John Pritchard-williams > > > ... and as Integers are immutable ++ cannot change the underlying object.. > > That makes sense : and I guess 'x++'=> x+1 would be just confusing.. > > I mean like this: > > a+=1 (which of course IS valid) > > a++ - could in theory mean "Take the value pointed at by a currently, > increment it and re-point 'a' at that new object"... > > but then people might abuse it and not realize (as I hadn't really) that > Integers are immutable...and give the garbage collector a really hard > time... > > Cheers > > John > > > > > > > > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >