On 17 Mar 2006, at 06:11, Stephen Waits wrote:

> Matthew Moss wrote:
>> deck = deck[x..-1] + deck[0...x]   # notice differing amounts of dots
>
> I find myself constantly pointing this out too.. is anyone else  
> bothered by it?  Has Matz weighed in on this in the past?

I like being able to express either. I often don't remember which is  
which though. It feels like they're the wrong way round because three  
dots ought to go a little bit further than two :)