From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2000-12-02T19:40:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6739] Re: perl and ruby


"David Alan Black" <dblack@candle.superlink.net> wrote

> That's the thing: the #{...} syntax allows for arbitrary, dynamically
> evaluated Ruby code.  To do that in a double-quoted string in Perl has
> always required a bit of a trick.  (I imagine this will change in Perl
> in the future.)

Ahh, I did not know that.  very cool.

> Do you have Dave and Andy's book?  It points out some things that Ruby

I just ordered it tonight.

> comparison and feature/syntax debates....  But don't scour Ruby for
> non-Perlish things.  Let the language talk to you.

Roger Wilco.

>    irb(main):002:0> x++ 1
;)

Thanks also to Dave Thomas for the explanation on why "++" doesn't
work, and to Clemens for his suggestion that I put on a ruby hat as opposed
to a perl hat while in rubyland.

regards,
-joe