From: Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@...>
Date: 2010-01-18T13:42:38+09:00
Subject: Re: what does this mean?

Ruby Newbee wrote:
> For this statement:
>
> @speaks_english ||= @name.size > 6
>
> does it mean something like below?
>
> if @name.size > 6
>     @speaks_english ||= @name.size
> end
>
>
> Even if I guess that correctly, I'm still surprised why ruby can write
> like that way.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>   
More like:

if @speaks_english.nil? or @speaks_english == false
  if @name > 6
    @speaks_english = true
  else
    @speaks_english = false
  end
end