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		pbiggar on Aug 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming Languages Have Social Mores Not Idioms According to Zed in the article, `for` requires fewer concepts to be fully explained, which `.each` only achieves teaching people to be "Good little rubyists".

slurgfest on Aug 20, 2012 [–]

I don't see how learning either one makes someone less of a programmer. It seems like you have made a false dichotomy.

pbiggar on Aug 20, 2012 | [–]

One must choose between `for` and `.each` (lets assume we agree that teaching just one is the best approach), so you optimize for your goal of "good programmer", over "good little rubyist".

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