From: Colin Bartlett Date: 2011-09-12T18:18:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Unexpected behavior of Ruby array On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Robert Klemme wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Colin Bartlett wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Robert Klemme >> wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Gary Wright wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Dan Nachbar wrote: >>> >>>>> The difference in the one-arg/two-arg indexing is ruby's way of dealing with >>>>> the classic fence post problem. (i.e. A fence with 3 sections has 4 posts.) >>>> >>>> I really like this analogy. >>> >>> Yeah, but what about the grass on the other side?  It's still greener.  Darn. >> I like that! >> >> OffTopic, but vaguely relevant: Have you seen Norman MacLaren's short >> film Neighbours? >> http://www.nfb.ca/film/neighbours_voisins/ >> Fenceposts first appear at just after 3m50s into the 8m5s film. > > No, I haven't.  Apparently there's a technical issue - at least I > cannot view the movie. > > Kind regards > robert OT: I tried last night and seemed to have problems viewing it then, and also tried just now, and it seems OK. Curious.