On Oct 31, 10:35 ¨Âí¬ ¢ÊõóÁîïôèåÖéãôéí ïæ ôèÁíâéåîÍïòáìéôù<ihates... / hotmail.com> wrote:
> [...] As others have pointed out, it's:
> string[-index..-1]
> [...] It would be better if there were some method of
> getting the tail end of a string by only mentioning the needed parameters
> once.  ¨Â§í öåòù óõòðòéóåôèáô Òõâù äïåó îïèáöå ôèéó ìåöåïæ
> expressiveness...

Is what I've done above a misquote? (Both these statements seem
attributed to you in the same message on comp.lang.ruby.)

Assuming it's not a misquote: how is the code you wrote on the second
quoted line above not exactly what you're "surprised that ruby does
not have"?