From: "David A. Black" Date: 2009-02-19T06:44:31+09:00 Subject: Re: What are your favorite Ruby features? Hi -- On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Robert Dober wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:52 PM, David A. Black wrote: > >> I have no idea what they're talking about -- but I have to assume they >> really do find it more readable, and that whatever is going on in >> their brain when they look at the first version is similar to what >> goes on in my brain when I look at the second. > That seems quite likely to me and I even daresay that if you were > exposed to the first style for a given time T your brain would adapt. > And probably T is not even very long. > And vice versa of course. Just to be clear: I do understand the notation that I don't particularly like. I just don't particularly like it :-) David -- David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com Coming in 2009: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2) Ruby Training Atlanta! April 1-3, http://www.entp.com/training/atlanta09