Re: Ruby could be wildly more popular if it had ...

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Saluton! * Marko Schulz; 2003-08-01, 12:37 UTC: > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:48:54PM +0900, Martin DeMello wrote: > > > > The ternary operator is *useful*, as evidenced by the fact that people > > use it when equivalents exist. > > ??? > Violence is *useful*, as evidenced by the fact that people > use it when equivalents exist. > ??? Correct. The question is if being useful makes it acceptable. Some people believe that a goal can justify any means while others believe that this is not true. I am pretty sure that there is an equivalent of German 'Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel' in many languages... Gis, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt -- N'attribuez jamais ? la malice ce que l'incomp?tence explique ! -- Napol?on