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by phasevar 4911 days ago
Finally... Real keyword arguments.
2 comments

Meh, can't get excited about them. The hash mechanism, plus the ability to leave out the hash braces, works perfectly well enough for me. All popular languages are doomed to accrete nonessential features until they sink under their own weight ...
I'm excited about ruby not having to allocate a hash for every bloody method call ever.
I think it is too messy since people already have the hash workarounds. I don't think the two are mixing well together. I am preferring the hash based now since you can name the arguments.