From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2000-09-28T12:12:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5169] Re: Types and ===

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:5163] Re: Types and ==="
    on 00/09/28, "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

|However, I'm still puzzled by two things:
|1. Why do we say "case other; when receiver" and not
|"case receiver; when other"?

I felt the case behavior should be determined by objects listed after
`when', not by a `case' object.

|2. Why is the argument order for pattern === string opposite
|from the order for string =~ pattern?

It's for historical reason (since AWK and Perl work so), but I
recommend `pattern =~ string' order in Ruby.
							matz.