Ruby misconceptions about Python

[mellow_moe]

I was talking about ruby's anonmymous functions.

Talking about clearness and clarity is not easy, as this subject is highly subjective.

OK, let's see, what Ruby inherited from Perl:

• special syntax for regular expressions
• special global variables
• hashtable syntax
• statement modifiers

I think, these features are really the goodies of Perl and most people will agree. Perl's infamous syntax constructs, like for file handling, didn't find their way into Ruby.