[crayz]

Actually the ruby would just be "if myvariable" - I think it's more readable simply because it expresses the minimalist core of what that line of code is doing. I could also use Blub and say "IfConditionIsTrue(myVariable.booleanValueOfNullStatus())"

Yes, you're right that my mental model of the 'if' construct will be basically the same in any language, but it's fundamentally less work and less error prone for me to translate ruby than some other language into that model, and the same is true going the other direction

[erikpukinskis]

Let me just translate that post:

  include 'rspec'

  your_point.disagree do
    the_example.in_ruby = "if myvariable"

    me.think do
      this_thing(the_example.in_ruby).is(:more_readable)
    end.because do
      that_thing.expresses(the_example.in_ruby.what_its_doing.minimalist_core)
    end

    me.could do
      using "blub" do
        self.say "IfConditionIsTrue(myVariable.booleanValueOfNullStatus())"
      end
    end.implying do
      self.last_statement.is(:crazy_talk)
    end
  end

  your_point.agree do
    constructs = languages.map do |language|
      in language do
        me.mental_models.find_by_name("The If Construct")
      end
    end

    constructs.should be_identical

  end.with_caveat do
    languages.min do |language|
      in language do
        me.mental_models.find_all
        return me.mental_strain
      end
    end.should == "Ruby"
  end

[robconery]

Brilliant! Except at the end...

end.should be "Ruby"