From: Tim Hammerquist <tim@...>
Date: 2003-07-17T05:31:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Keyword "with"

Hal E. Fulton graced us by uttering:
PH> All I ask it that the request adds functionality to the
PH> language and not sugar. 'with', 'x++', 'elseif', 'new' and
PH> the rest are just plain sugar.
> 
> Ehh, sometimes I like sugar. YMMV. Ruby has a 
> lot already, though, and there is probably 
> such a thing as too much.

Agreed and agreed.  I just think it might be worth noting that
including '?' and '!' in the allowable characters for method
names does not innately add more functionality than languages
which do not offer this, but it's top quality syntactic sugar
that significantly increases the possibility of readable,
intuitive code.

Sugar has its uses, but binges are what cause cavities.

> Aren't you glad Matz is in charge of Ruby rather than a
> committee? 

Agreed. :)

Tim Hammerquist
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