On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale / gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM, David Masover <ninja / slaphack.com> wrote: > > def foo bar That is very hard to read indeed, but why? def foo( bar ) This is not so much better! We are all totally accustomed to the fact that foos and bars designate the same kind of thing. I therefore think that def fact n is more readable for most people than def n( fact ) which is nonsense of course (in the particular context). Naming seems more important than params or not params (of course if I might say?). Cheers Robert -- There are some people who begin the Zoo at the beginning, called WAYIN, and walk as quickly as they can past every cage until they get to the one called WAYOUT, but the nicest people go straight to the animal they love the most, and stay there. ~ A.A. Milne (from Winnie-the-Pooh)