Why does Ruby use yield?

Question

I am new to Ruby. I have used a lot of C# and JavaScript which allow higher-order functions and I typically use them on a daily basis.

Ruby seems a little strange to

Answer 1

One advantage of yield is it also lets you use next (like continue) and break. In other languages, for next, you might have to use return, and for break, you might have to (ab)use exceptions. It is arguably nicer to have built-in support for these sorts of operations.