From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-08-17T22:08:17+09:00
Subject: Re: start_with? Does someone need a grammar lesson?

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Rick DeNatale<rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:59 AM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 7stud -- wrote:
>>> I'm hesitant to use start_with?() in my code.  It makes me look
>>> uneducated. :(
>>
>> Hmm...I guess start_with?'s  name is consistent with the naming
>> "convention" used by some other ruby methods, such as respond_to.
>
> Yep,  I too found it a bit jarring when I first started using Ruby,
> but it has become one of those things you just accept, just like
> accepting that if you're speaking French must adjectives come after
> nouns.

I bet you prefer that I call you "vieux ami" instead of "ami vieux" though!

But your observation is correct and can be extended to most latin languages.

Cheers
Robert
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-- 
module Kernel
  alias_method :ë, :lambda
end