From: David Corbin <dcorbin@...>
Date: 2002-04-02T04:55:27+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)

Guy N. Hurst wrote:

>Rich Kilmer wrote:
>
>>...
>>
>>>I'm not convinced we need the methods, but if we do, I think
>>>#starts_with and #ends_with are good candidates for names.
>>>
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>My only reason for having them is if folks that are new to Ruby don't
>>know RegExp syntax they may look to String for begin and end matching
>>methods.  Back to the Basic days, they had Left$, Right$ and Mid$.  Not
>>advocating the names, just the fact that folks have been using these
>>types of methods for a long time.
>>
>>-Rich
>>
>
>Thanks Rich, I was just thinking about Left$ right before I read your email ;-)
>
>And I think 'left' and 'right' make more sense than 'head' and 'tail' here.
>
I'm not vary multilingual, but I'm sure arabic/hebrew speaking 
programmers would get confused by left/right methods, and perhaps it 
doesn't make sense for langauages designed to be vertically written.

>
>Guy N. Hurst
>