Bira wrote, On 1/9/2007 5:36 AM: > On 1/9/07, William James <w_a_x_man / yahoo.com> wrote: >> See the similarity? However, Ruby, a programming language, doesn't >> need to emulate English. > > The way it's done now (sin(90), cos(90), etc.) makes sense because > it's similar to the actual mathemathical notation I learned back in > grade school. I find it easier to parse than 90.sin, especially when > the argument is actually an expression rather than a constant number. > > > +1