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-----Original Message-----
From: Joel VanderWerf [mailto:vjoel / path.berkeley.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:30 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: What's your Ruby Number? (self.to_i)

David A. Black wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 
>> Jim Freeze wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/25/05, David A. Black <dblack / wobblini.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Hal Fulton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sure, why not. And you should get a point for having a last
>>>>> name that is in the core.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We doubled our number of core-method-named people at RubyConf this
>>>> year, thanks to the presence of Adam Keys as well as Jim Freeze.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, but #freeze belongs to the top class, Object.
>>> Only way to beat that is to be in Kernel. Know anyone
>>> named 'puts' or 'fail'? :)
>>
>>
>> That's it. I'm legally changing my name to <=>.
>>
>> Sincerely, Mr. Spaceship.
> 
> 
> The operator formerly known as Joel....

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