From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-03-06T08:46:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Duck typing chapter


On Mar 5, 2004, at 15:04, Chad Fowler wrote:

> #    http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/extracts/ducktyping.pdf
>

> It's just personal opinion, but I felt like you spent a little more 
> energy
> justifying/selling Ruby's typing philosophy at the beginning.  You also
> pit Ruby's philosophy against that of the Java/C# school.  I agree with
> the comments you've made, but I wonder if it's beneficial to bring out
> this conflict explicitly.  It almost reads like you're having an 
> argument
> with the reader, based on what you feel their reaction will be.  It 
> seemed
> a little overly confrontational.  Others may disagree, though.
>
> When you go into to_int and to_str, I felt a little fuzzy when you 
> first
> mentioned that Roman shouldn't implement to_str.  You cleared it up in 
> the
> following example, but at first I felt like you were moving on, and I
> didn't feel satisfied that you were going to address this in more 
> detail.
> It might just be a personal experience that others won't repeat, but if
> not, I'd say there is a subtle issue with the rhythm in this section.


If you want to look at it again, I've updated it in light of your 
comments

Cheers

Dave