Re: FYI: Ruby 1.6.0 - An object-oriented language for quick and easyprogramming

2000-09-19 Thread Dave Storrs
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Adam Turoff wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 08:07:33AM -0700, Dave Storrs wrote: > > > I think I would be > > guardedly in favor of changing the default scope from global to local > > (although I have the feeling there is something I'm not considering). What > > does every

Re: FYI: Ruby 1.6.0 - An object-oriented language for quick and easyprogramming

2000-09-19 Thread Nathan Wiger
Dave Storrs wrote: > > >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 > > Actually, this is the bit that interests me. Mos