From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2003-12-01T10:34:15+09:00
Subject: Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?


From: "Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT" <jupp@gmx.de>
> * Ferenc Engard; 2003-11-30, 13:06 UTC:
> * * Yukihiro Matsumoto
> > > Candidates are:
> > > 
> > >   * Perl style variables
> > 
> > If you still intend to use ruby for one-liners, then they should
> > remain IMHO. Anyway, they do not harm anybody. I vote to not
> > removing them.
> 
> I cannot see anything that requires one-liners besides showing off.
> They are not even fun in most cases.

I use Ruby one-liners from the command line somewhat frequently,
and they *are* fun, and they have little to do with showing off...  :)

More details at: http://ruby-talk.org/81834

I WOULD NOT like to lose this powerful facet of Ruby...


Regards,

Bill