Brian Candler wrote:
> RK Sentinel wrote:
>   
>> str[0] no longer gives a Fixnum. So now the reader is wondering: how do 
>> i get my Fixnum.
>>     
>
> "a".ord
>   
>>> 97
>>>       
And that, folks, is how I EXPECTED things to work, when I first came to 
Ruby.

t.

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