From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-12-01T23:17:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [FAQ] What do some of Ruby's symbols mean?

Hi --

On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> <<
>    Funny class inheritance; see [appropriate link] for a rationale.  Also
>    commonly used as a method for appending (e.g. Array and String).

Can you phrase this in such a way that it doesn't sound like something
terribly weird or arcane?  It would really be too bad to taint this
powerful and perfectly idiomatic technique with that reputation.


David

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