From: Bruce Williams Date: 2003-01-31T11:33:10+09:00 Subject: Re: OT: Rubyists += 1 (Re: Ruby Books -- A Question) On Thursday 30 January 2003 04:34 pm, Tom Sawyer wrote: | we need to figure out how to write a REAL WORLD version of: | | Rubyists += 1 | The real question here is if RubyBooks#<< is called before or after the value of Rubyists is increased... or both-- and hence it is recursive. If so, let's hope it's tail-recursive. // Bruce -- Bruce R. Williams :: [iusris/#ruby-lang] :: http://www.codedbliss.com 'It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.' -- Samuel Adams