On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:30 PM, s.ross <cwdinfo / gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Robert Dober wrote: > > > > > > > Ruby will most certainly evolve. The language seems to be designed so > it > > > can evolve. What will be necessary, to ensure that the evolution of > Ruby > > > is not haphazard and self-limiting, is careful analysis of each new > change. > > > One of the more important changes that Ruby needs is a better model of > > > "design-by-contract." > > > > > That is a point of particular interest, myself being a complete > > ignorant of the concept, I would highly appreciate if you could kindly > > either elaborate on this a little bit or giving some pointers or both, > > if you insist ;). > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract > Well I know what it is, theoretically only that means I do not know much if you see what I mean, thx anyway... I was interested in some specific ideas for Ruby of course, I am not shy when it comes to asking :-P R. -- http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/ --- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein