> 
> |I start by thinking that Ruby is something special.  Every one who
> |uses it finds a certain resonance with their way of thinking but no
> |one can say exactly why. It just feels right. Why is this?
> 
> <snip all great explanation>
> 
> Dave, how can you disclosure the secret of Ruby, hidden very deep,
> even from my eyes.  You are just great.
> 
> matz.

As another great Eastern philosopher (Lao Tzu) once said,

"The way that can be named is not the true way."

:)

Hal Fulton