Hi --

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Mauricio Fernandez wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 06:07:19AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
>> dblack / wobblini.net wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, why the lucky stiff wrote:
>>
>>> I know, I know -- my vision of Ruby's design as unified and not split
>>> into programming/metaprogramming, or good/3vi1, or [whatever the
>>> opposite of monkeypatching is]/monkeypatching, is hopelessly Utopian.
>>> I plead guilty.
>>>
>>> (Can someone please follow up with a witticism about the Scopes
>>> ("monkey") trial? :-)
>>
>> Well, monkey patching may be an appropriate term for Python, but given
>> that Ruby is more evolved, we need to call the technique  "evolutionary
>> enhancement".
>
> Or, if you want to surround it with an even more positive aura, maybe even
> "intelligent design"  ?

Awww, I was hoping someone would pick up on the "scopes" part :-)


David

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