From: Seebs Date: 2009-11-07T08:30:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ??? On 2009-11-06, David A. Black wrote: > Oh, I have no problem with ++ per se. It just seems against the grain > in Ruby. Yeah. I think fundamentally it's the "variables aren't objects" thing. ++ is intended to operate on a specific object, and doesn't make sense if "x = x + 1" doesn't really mean "modify the specific object x". -s -- Copyright 2009, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!