From: "Markus H." <shevegen@...>
Date: 2011-05-20T02:57:07+09:00
Subject: Re: canonical/syntax-diagrams representation.

It is difficult to assess whether someone is trolling or just 
disagreeing.

The benefit of doubt should exist.

That said, I want to comment just one thing:

> It's very informal, which is NOT suitable for computing.
> The chatty syntax introduction that: IF can come before
> or after, as you like, and arguments can be bracketed
> or not, as you like and block can use "}" or END; is BAD!

The problem is, you made a statement, but you did not explain why it 
would not be suitable for computing.

It is just syntax after all.

My ruby code is very clean in most cases and I found a code
style which suits me. I love being able to append if or unless


show_debug_message() if @debug

This almost reads like a natural language to me (I tend to use a @debug 
variable for my larger projects when I am debugging them.)

Sure you can do almost the same in other languages, but ruby seems to be 
a lot terser than others.

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