Peter Ertl wrote: > that why I love ruby (and functional languages in general) > > def fibonacci(n) > a, b = 1, 1 > n.times do > a, b = b, a + b > end > a > end > > elegance beats ignorance (ruby vs. java) What about that snippet demonstrates Ruby as a "functional language?" Do you mean functional in the Haskell sense, or are you trying to say something different? Why have you chosen Java as the empitome of ignorance? Am I just feeding a troll?