On 28 sept. 06, at 02:04, Hal Fulton wrote:

> Those who want an English mnemonic can mentally insert
> the word "does":
>
>     str.start_with?(foo)  #  Does str start with foo ?

Or since the semantic of a method call actually corresponds to  
sending a message (in that case a question) to an object:

       str.start_with?(foo) # Hey, string! Yeah, you there! Do you  
start with foo?

:)

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