From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata Date: 2002-10-01T22:59:58+09:00 Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know Thanks, Gabriele. I will try to incorporate your input. The "0 is actually true" is particularly a valid concern, for people coming from other languages such as C and Perl. Regards, Bill ========================================================================== gabriele renzi yahoo.it> wrote: > Well, these were the things I should have known: > - the "?" before a char returns its value > - 0 is actually true > - the ||= operator exists :-)