From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2000-10-16T11:01:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5557] Re: Regexp#matches

> Well, I personally use plain form of nouns for method names, for
> example `exist?' not 'exists?'.  The standard names reflect this
> policy.  Reason?  a) my tongue Japanese does not have this syntax
> (third person, singular); b) Ruby is not English.  You are free to
> define this by yourself, and I think it's possible that the standard
> library 'English' may provide these aliases.

Yippee... a 100% OO COBOL

matju