From: james@...
Date: 2002-03-27T12:10:19+09:00
Subject: RE: Difference between 'do' and 'begin'


> In message "RE: Difference between 'do' and 'begin'"
>     on 02/03/26, james@rubyxml.com <james@rubyxml.com> writes:
>
> |However, both Ruby in a Nutshell and the Pickaxe book refer to
> begin/end as
> |blocks.
>
> For the former, it's a translation problem I failed to fix.
> I don't call the structure given by "begin" a block.
>
> For the latter, you know, even Pragmatic Programmers sometimes made
> mistakes.  It is still great job.

I agree; I'm writing a Ruby book myself, and the bar has been set rather
high.

James

>
> 							matz.
>