From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.ukl.yahoo.com>
Date: 2004-05-13T03:08:52+09:00
Subject: Re: in search of a compelling reason to use ruby....

il Wed, 12 May 2004 16:37:42 GMT, Ryan Paul <segphault@sbcglobal.net>
ha scritto::


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>
>In python, we have map, filter, and list comprehensions, all of which can
>be used to manipulate lists in very general ways. In order to do certain
>things, python users have to stack multiple functions into map statements.
>Generally, this is actually pretty simple to do, and makes things somewhat
>intuitive. In ruby, there are a multitude of rather oddly named array
>functions that have very specific behaviors, most of which can be used
>with blocks to concisely describe extremely sophisticated operations.


In ruby there are a lot of Enumerable functions, not array's :)
What method do you think is oddly named ? 
I for one, would say inject() but using reduce() or fold() is equally
non intuitive for me :)