From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-03T11:34:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Book for People Who Aren't (Yet) Programmers

From: "Pe�a, Botp" <botp@delmonte-phil.com>

> As a ruby newbie, I now shun from the "!" modifiers (eg name.chomp!) and ++
> idea. With lesser things to worry, I am now a very happy ruby newbie.
>
> So, for a newbie/non-programmer, I would advise the same (of course, I may
> be wrong).


Shunning from the idea of ++ is a great idea, because Ruby doesn't have it and
doesn't need it.  However, !-methods like chomp! are very useful, and quite
easy to understand.  If there's a problem understanding them from a newbie's
POV, then we need to address that with simple, up-front documentation.

There's probably info in the FAQ about it already, but the FAQ isn't very well
known yet.

Cheers,
Gavin   (always appreciating botp's thoughts ;)