From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-11-06T10:50:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ??? On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Seebs wrote: > On 2009-11-04, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: >> In message "Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???" >>     on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:31:46 +0900, Marnen Laibow-Koser writes: > >>|I believe you are quite wrong.  If a destructive function like gsub! can >>|be implemented as a method, then I see no reason that +=, |=, or postfix >>|++ couldn't be. > >> Only if you accept the language that can change the value of 1 to 2. >> I don't. > > Hmph.  Fortran can change constants, why's Ruby so much less powerful? But Fortran fixed that bug in its first revision! -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale