From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-07-08T01:08:39+09:00
Subject: RE: is there a better string.each?

>  > Someone else mentioned earlier what's been bugging me about this;
>  > although you may like to think of strings as arrays, the array bit is
>  > just an implementation choice.  The thing is not necessarily its
>  > implementation.
>
> True, but the term "array" has meaning outside computer language
> implementation.
>
> Someone who never programmed would agree that a string of characters or
> a sequence of words can be called an array of characters.


They might, but even THEY would agree it NEED not.  Which was the assertion that
Tom Sawyer initially made to which I am averse; (paraphrased) "Strings are
Arrays.  period."   I disagree.

However, I would agree that (in Ruby), if it were made so, I'd be ok with it.