From: Simon Cozens <simon@...>
Date: 2002-11-26T17:05:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02)

"Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> writes:
> irb(main):001:0> s = "String\n"
> "String\n"
> irb(main):002:0> s.id
> 134560740
> irb(main):003:0> s.chomp!
> "String"
> irb(main):004:0> s.id
> 134560740
....

Confusing implementation limitations and language design was Perl 5's big
problem. Don't let it become Ruby's big problem too.

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