Yeah i agree, which was one of the reasons for asking. I'm a PHP guy myself, i've not taken the time to properly learn Ruby but i am aware of some of its featur

Yeah i agree, which was one of the reasons for asking. I'm a PHP guy myself, i've not taken the time to properly learn Ruby but i am aware of some of its features and i remember thinking at the time "thats very cool, i wish PHP did that", so yeah, totally with you.