It puzzles me since other methods such as "Array.fill" or "String.slice" all use the imperative mood, the one without an "s" attached to a verb, but "Kernel.puts" uses third-person singluar, the one with an "s." Is there a reason behind the different naming?
shadytr...@gmail.com wrote: > It puzzles me since other methods such as "Array.fill" or > "String.slice" all use the imperative mood, the one without an "s" > attached to a verb, but "Kernel.puts" uses third-person singluar, the > one with an "s." Is there a reason behind the different naming?
`puts' and `gets' are not words used solely by Ruby. In fact, I think practically all programming languages use them.
I've always thought they were abbreviations of `put string' and `get string', respectively.
Daniel Schierbeck wrote: > shadytr...@gmail.com wrote:
>> It puzzles me since other methods such as "Array.fill" or >> "String.slice" all use the imperative mood, the one without an "s" >> attached to a verb, but "Kernel.puts" uses third-person singluar, the >> one with an "s." Is there a reason behind the different naming?
> `puts' and `gets' are not words used solely by Ruby. In fact, I think > practically all programming languages use them.
> I've always thought they were abbreviations of `put string' and `get > string', respectively.
> Daniel
I'm reasonably certain the method is named after the "puts" ("put string") function in the standard C library. There are many methods in Ruby that are named the same as their corresponding C or Unix function: system, raise, fork, printf and sprintf, putc, exit, etc.
