From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2004-04-24T11:40:17+09:00
Subject: Re: pushing hash

Dave Thomas [mailto:dave@pragprog.com] humbly replied:

> > Is there a reason why "<<" isn't allowed for hashes?
> 
> Perhaps because hashes aren't ordered, and the common 
> semantics of "<<" 
> implies order.

Yes, you're right sir Dave, but that is an old notion.
I much prefer 

hash << "x"=>2

rather than

hash["x"] = 2

The latter uses "[]" notation, wc is used for arrays, wc implies order,
right?

> Cheers
> 
> Dave
> 
kind regards -botp