From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-19T15:51:42+09:00
Subject: Re: chaining comparisons

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On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 03:47:38PM +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> I agree it would be cool, but it's pretty clear why Ruby doens't
> support it:
> 
>             2 < 3              == true
>             1 < true           == error
>  therefore  1 < 2 < 3          == error
> 
> Ruby is a very expression-oriented language, and derives its strength
> from conceptual purity.  If an expression evaluated to X in some
> circumstances and Y in others, a small part of Ruby would be lost.

I realize that this is a dumb question, but what is an expression-oriented 
language?

Can you contrast Ruby with a language that is not expression-oriented?


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