On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:02:25 +0900, Alexander Kellett <ruby-lists / lypanov.net> wrote: > personally i'd teach via p > this is not only the inspection > output of a return value for irb, > but its also a heck of a lot less > confusing in some corner cases. With irb for beginners, it's a lot more "natural". There's no need for the P's...print, puts or otherwise :) -- Gavri --------------------------------------------------- I blog here: http://gavri.blogspot.com