From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2010-11-03T17:20:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Strange whitespace parsing behavior on Ruby 1.8.7 (patchlevel 249/302)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Ehsanul Hoque <ehsanul_g3@hotmail.com> wrote:
> That makes sense. But the inconsistency between the different behaviors given just a small difference in whitespace is still quite off-putting.

One whitespace or an infinite number is rather irrelevant. A small
difference to you is a world of difference for a computer. ;)

> Also how is this line parsed?:
>
> x.slice(1, x.size -2)
>
> - It seems unreasonable to parse it any way other than that intended.

Computers can't read your mind. They do what you tell them, not what
you mean. That results in you having to do the work of expressing your
thoughts in terms the computer can actually understand and that are
also logically correct.

-- 
Phillip Gawlowski

Though the folk I have met,
(Ah, how soon!) they forget
When I've moved on to some other place,
There may be one or two,
When I've played and passed through,
Who'll remember my song or my face.