Ruby aesthetics

But C has while loops and for loops. It doesn’t need these, given
an
if statement and goto.

It also has all those redundant comparison operators. Why have both
<=, >, and >= when all you need is < and =?

And of course it has all those redundant bit operators: all you
need
is & and ~.

And so on…

Well, those are all rather extreme examples of course. The reason to
have those operators in C is that they provide some value over the
“long way”.

How much (real) value does #indexes offer over #indices? I THINK
that’s what he was getting at.

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None, but if you had asked the same question in reverse, Hal and I would have
had something to say :wink:

Therein lies the point of having both.

Gavin

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----- Original Message -----
From: “Michael Campbell” michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com

How much (real) value does #indexes offer over #indices? I THINK
that’s what he was getting at.