Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > In message "Re: [RCR] Object#inside_metaclass?" > on Sat, 7 May 2005 21:14:22 +0900, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias / lazaridis.com> writes: > > |> Interestingly, I started to use the term before the book was published > |> in 1995. Sad coincidence. > | > |I understand. > | > |But makes it any sense to insist on that? > > Until we find a better term. who is "we"? The Japanese language development list? "Please act, and initialize a terminology change." here, in the core of the ruby community. > I don't think other terms proposed such > as "exclusive class" are better. even the term "bingo-bongo class" is better. > I assume Ruby users smart enough to > deal with them by context until the time. There are newcomers. You should show more respect against them. .. -- http://lazaridis.com