From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-09-16T06:08:48+09:00
Subject: Re: performance and style advice requested

Dave Brown <dagbrown@lart.ca> wrote:
> 
> It just makes it worse.  The $ is ugly for a reason--the use of
> global variables is discouraged.  The Ruby Way to do it would be

Ironically, I find @var far uglier than $var - the @ is denser and
blockier, so it takes up a disproportionate amount of visual attention.

martin