On Sunday, 15 December 2002 at 14:55:22 +0900, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
> Hello dblack,
> 
> Friday, December 13, 2002, 8:27:54 AM, you wrote:
> 
> >> >it's the MATZ'S position that Ruby will never be REAL WORLD language.
> >> >it's his own toy and never will appreciate features needed for
> >> >corporate use
> dcsn> literally the only person I've ever killfiled.  It is not at all
> dcsn> surprising to me that he has escalated to openly insulting matz
> 
> it insulting me, not matz :) ruby is perfect language which don't have
> a future because his purity. i think it will dupe smalltalk way. any
> genius idea traverse 3 stages and ruby is only stage 2 of OO
> programming. C++ and even Eiffel has more appreciation because his
> authors know about COMPROMISES and don't kill the chicks whichs gives
> gold eggs
 
I think such discussions are exercises in futility. Ruby will be what
it will be regardless of what is said on this group.

-- 
Jim Freeze
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