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breatheoften

does ruby do anything like this? i'm new to ruby and could imagine something like this biting me ...

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Yes. Check out the differences between `&&` vs. `and`, along with `or` vs. `||`, which can lead to similar surprises.

Though you can skip this lesson if you've worked with Perl (any others?) in the past.

I agree with the folks at Airbnb regarding the and, or, and not keywords. "It's just not worth it." [1].

[1] https://github.com/airbnb/ruby#no-and-or

not really. there’s some weird operator precedence, but it doesn’t have any multi-operator expressions

One weird operator that comes to mind is the flip-flop operator, but the odds of encountering it are close to zero, and it would certainly stick out as something very bizarre and not confused with other syntax.

https://chrisseaton.com/truffleruby/flip-flops/

!?! I’ve been working in ruby for 15 years and I had never heard if the flip flop operator! Amazing. Thanks for the counter-example, I have learned something

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