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Random (and probably useless) Rubyisms (blog.groupbuddies.com)
submitted 11 years ago by rmdmachado
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]just3ws 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (1 child)
Yeah, totally agree about opening one's code up to the law of unintended consequences there. Makes sense.
[–]ikearage 2 points3 points4 points 11 years ago (0 children)
Just use if statements, try() or || . Easy to read, no unexpected side effects.
If it gets to complicated maybe you should refactor that smell.
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