From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-03-28T23:08:32+09:00
Subject: Re: parsing strings into numbers

Frank Geisler <fgeisler@siac.com> writes:

> > "... you can also use the evil "eval".
> 
> Why evil?

Just a joke. There are those who feel that using 'eval' isn't pure
Ruby, and there are circumstances where using eval can be insecure, so
some folks tend to jump on its use.

Dave