On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 at 16:42 -0700, Levi Pearson wrote: > implementation. I also don't like the fact that blocks are relegated > to the final argument position, and have some odd quirks compared to > their Smalltalk counterparts. I think Ruby has the potential to be
This is because blocks are almost never passed as parameters but as a block following the method call. Incidentally, you can wrap up a block with lambda/proc or even pass a method, as any parameter you want, and then yield it (or call it) explicitly. They're not really relegated to only the last position. If you vote for Ruby, all your wildest dreams will come true. -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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