Robert Walker wrote: [...] > Is there really a valid distinction between operators and methods > anymore?
Not for all operators in Ruby. In some languages, not for *any* operator > Isn't the syntax essentially "syntactic sugar" allowing for > simplified use of some of the methods? Yup. And if you've ever done BigDecimal arithmetic in Java -- or just about anything in Lisp -- you can really appreciate being able to type x.foo = 1 + 2 * 5 instead of x.foo=(1.+(2.*(5))) Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
