From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-08-01T16:47:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby could be wildly more popular if it had ...


"Chris Thomas" <chris@m-audio.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:65B2946A-C3D2-11D7-88FA-000393942016@m-audio.com...
> Also
> - The ternary operator is idiomatic of expert (or expert-wannabe) use
> of the C family of languages and likely to confuse and even scare away
> novice Ruby users who aren't from that segment of the population, or
> only have limited experience with C.

That's possibly true.  I faintly remember the times when I first saw ?:
and wondered what that might be.  Nowadays I've become so acquainted with
this idom that I hardly notice this as something strange.  Thanks for
reminding me!

Regards

    robert