On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Hal Fulton wrote:

> Peñá, Botp wrote:
> > Dave Thomas [mailto:dave / pragprog.com] humbly replied:
> > 
> > 
> >>>Is there a reason why "<<" isn't allowed for hashes?
> >>
> >>Perhaps because hashes aren't ordered, and the common 
> >>semantics of "<<" 
> >>implies order.
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, you're right sir Dave, but that is an old notion.
> > I much prefer 
> > 
> > hash << "x"=>2
> > 
> > rather than
> > 
> > hash["x"] = 2
> > 
> > The latter uses "[]" notation, wc is used for arrays, wc implies order,
> > right?
> 
> Well, perhaps we should either enable it for Hash or disable it
> for Set.

i like '<<' because you just bounce on the dang key to type it - this, IMHO,
is the single best thing about c--.  i'm glad ruby has it and we should use it
more.

> But then, pushing hash is illegal in most countries.

i'm glad someone said that - that subject jumped of the screen at me more than
the one about lesbians earlier this week!  i never knew lesbians were into
programming...  of course, if you google for them they seem to be into most
everything?  where do they find the time?

-a
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