FYI: The "Who's minister of propaganda this week?" thread on comp.lang.ruby/python/smalltalk (which seems to have dropped 
out in *.ruby but continues on in *.python) had/has some interesting stuff 
on unit testing versus static typing and other issues of interest to Ruby. 


(It seems unfortunate that a rare and natural opportunity for civil 
Ruby/Python discussion about a common cause so quickly became unilateral. 
While it only takes one reply to break the link, it likewise only takes 
one reply to re-establish it, in case anyone has anything useful they want 
to contribute. Maybe that wouldn't be a good idea at this point following 
some dozen or so python-only posts. However, this might be something to 
keep in mind for next time.) 

Conrad Schneiker
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