MonkeeSage wrote: > hg wrote: >> Why would they want to make such an obscure API ? ... didn't they have >> Python to learn from (I am truly amazed - nothing cynical ...just ... >> why ?!!!!) > > In ruby there are several special literal notations, just like python. > In ruby it goes like this: > > %{blah} / %Q{blah} # same as "blah" but igornes " and ' > %q{blah} # same as 'blah' but no interpolation > %w{blah blah} # same as "blah blah".split > %r{blah} # same as /blah/ > %x{ls} # same as `ls` > > Sometimes they are very useful, and sometimes they are cumbersome. It's > up to the programmer to implement them effectively. > > Regards, > Jordan > I am certain Ruby is a very effective language (I read much good stuff about it) ... it's just that I cannot comprehend why a "new" language would attempt so hard to look like assembly.
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