From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-01T20:42:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Cipher book for ruby

From: "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au>


> [On funny symbols]
> That would be good fodder for the FAQ as well.  A question "What on earth do
> the following symbols mean...?" would be a good catch-all.
>
> Gavin
>


That said, sooner or later, if somebody wants to become any good at Ruby, they
have to read some book, and then they will understand all the symbols anyway.
So why not make it sooner?

That said, I still find "class << self" very mystifying.

Gavin