From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-12-05T07:28:29+09:00
Subject: Re: 'and' keyword?

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Hi --

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, List.rb wrote:

> On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:51 PM, "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>
>> What about?
>>=20
>> puts %w{ hi bye }
>>=20
>> R.
>> --=20
>> Ne baisse jamais la t=C3=AAte, tu ne verrais plus les =C3=A9toiles.
>>=20
>> Robert Dober ;)
>>=20
>
>
> In English, I woud say..
>
> jump and shout unless someone is sleeping.
>
> Ruby is so elegant that I fidng myself wanting to write similarly,.
>
> jump and shout unless someone.sleeping?

Ruby isn't English, though.

> :-(
>
>
> Just wish it's was interpreted as such

It is; it's just that puts returns nil, so it doesn't pass through the
and gate. I don't think the word "and" just to mean "and then execute
this" would be very useful.


David

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