James Edward Gray II joined the Ruby community in 2004 and they just haven't
been able to get rid of him since then.
James writes Ruby code for fun and profit, pens books with a good deal of
Ruby in them, gives speeches about the language, and runs the local support
group for Ruby addicts. He definitely sees the world through Ruby-colored
glasses.
I want to clarify the age old question of when it's allowed to drop the parentheses in Ruby. I'll do that with both a simple and expanded set of rules…