On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 08:07:33AM -0700, Dave Storrs wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> > And then there's the lexical variable issue too:
> >
> >The default variable scope rules for Ruby (default: local) are
> >much better suited for medium-to-large scale programming ta
[in Ruby documentation:]
> > The default variable scope rules for Ruby (default: local) are much
> > better suited for medium-to-large scale programming tasks; no "my,
> > my, my" proliferation is needed for safe Ruby programming
* Dave Storrs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20 Sep 2000 02:08]:
> Actually,
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> And then there's the lexical variable issue too:
>
>The default variable scope rules for Ruby (default: local) are
>much better suited for medium-to-large scale programming tasks;
>no "my, my, my" proliferation is needed for safe Ruby prog
> What sets Ruby apart is a clean and consistent
> language design where everything is an object.
I like this part. Assuming I ever finish my last RFC I'd like Perl to
have embedded objects as well. The difference being Perl's wouldn't get
in the way, unlike Python's.
Of particular interest seem
