From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-09-10T02:33:46+09:00
Subject: Ruby aesthetics

> But C has while loops and for loops. It doesn't need these, given
an
> if statement and goto.
> 
> It also has all those redundant comparison operators. Why have both
> <=, >, and >= when all you need is < and =?
> 
> And of course it has all those redundant bit operators: all you
need
> is & and ~.
> 
> And so on...


Well, those are all rather extreme examples of course.  The reason to
have those operators in C is that they provide some value over the
"long way".

How much (real) value does #indexes offer over #indices?  I *THINK*
that's what he was getting at.

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