From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-07-26T07:55:50+09:00
Subject: Re: How do you think of...

On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 16:40, Michael Campbell wrote:
> This is going to sound like an odd question, and there's no "right"
> or "wrong" answer, but when you read code, what does the iterator
> "sound" like in your head as you read?
> 
> Meaning, given:
> 
> a = [1, 2, 3]
> a.each {|x| p x }  # <- this line

a each do on x p of x

mathmatical lingo. use 'of' for arguments. techinically the block is an
argument too, but ruby offers us 'do' as a lingustical deliminator. and
'on', well, i think mathamaticlly they use the term 'over', but
sometimes you hear 'on' and its shorter :-)

~transami